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Overview"While president of Aetna Life from 1879 to 1922, Morgan Bulkeley served four terms as mayor of Hartford, two terms as Connecticut's governor, and one term as a United States senator. His friends and business and political acquaintances were a who's who of the Gilded Age: Samuel Clemens, J. P. Morgan, Samuel and Elizabeth Colt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Albert Spalding, General Sherman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Katherine Hepburn, as well as every president from Ulysses Grant to Warren Harding. In 1874 Bulkeley formed the Hartford Dark Blues who soon joined the unruly National Association, antecedent of the National League. He served as the league's first president for a year, and was later elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. It was during Bulkeley's controversial ""holdover"" term as governor that he earned the nickname ""Crowbar Governor."" He used a crowbar to remove a lock that had been placed on his office door after refusing to vacate the governor's chambers on a technicality. Written in classic storyteller fashion, and augmented by copious research, Crowbar Governor offers readers a privileged glimpse into life and politics in Connecticut during the Gilded Age." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kevin MurphyPublisher: Wesleyan University Press Imprint: Wesleyan University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.617kg ISBN: 9780819570741ISBN 10: 0819570745 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 03 March 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsCrowbar Governor offers readers a privileged glimpse into Connecticut politics during the Gilded Age, when Bulkeley served as mayor of Harford, governor of Connecticut, and first president of the National Baseball League. --Connecticut Explored Connecticut Explored Crowbar Governor offers readers a privileged glimpse into Connecticut politics during the Gilded Age, when Bulkeley served as mayor of Harford, governor of Connecticut, and first president of the National Baseball League. -- Connecticut Explored (12/1/2010 12:00:00 AM) -Crowbar Governor offers readers a privileged glimpse into Connecticut politics during the Gilded Age, when Bulkeley served as mayor of Harford, governor of Connecticut, and first president of the National Baseball League.---Connecticut Explored Crowbar Governor offers readers a privileged glimpse into Connecticut politics during the Gilded Age, when Bulkeley served as mayor of Harford, governor of Connecticut, and first president of the National Baseball League. Connecticut Explored Connecticut Explored Author InformationKEVIN MURPHY is an independent historian who lives in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. He is the author of Water for Hartford: The Story of the Hartford Water Works and the Metropolitan District Commission. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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