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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Citizen Carl: The Editor Who Cracked Teapot Dome, Shot a Judge, and Invented the Parking Meter

Citizen Carl: The Editor Who Cracked Teapot Dome, Shot a Judge, and Invented the Parking Meter

McElroy, Jack

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Biographies General20th Century United States HistoryRegional: Southwest

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ISBN10: 0826365760
ISBN13: 9780826365767
Publisher: Unm Press
Published: Apr 1 2024
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Educator, lawyer, editor, inventor, entrepreneur, and civic booster, Carl Magee helped shape New Mexico and Oklahoma in the years after gaining statehood, garnering fame along the way. Jack McElroy's fascinating biography of Citizen Carl tells the story of a man whose exploits were as diverse and complex as the American Southwest he loved.

Magee purchased the Albuquerque Journal from the syndicate responsible for reelecting Senator Albert Bacon Fall, soon to become secretary of the Interior. Magee battled the Republican machine in New Mexico, a fight that sent Fall to prison in the Teapot Dome scandal and saw Magee repeatedly tried on charges of criminal libel, contempt of court, and even manslaughter. Forced to sell the Journal, he then started the newspaper that would become the Albuquerque Tribune.

Magee's fame prompted Scripps-Howard to buy the Tribune, retaining him as editor and adopting his motto: Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. The company later transferred Magee to its struggling paper in Oklahoma City. There he solved the city's downtown parking problem by inventing the parking meter.

Now mostly forgotten, Magee's legacy lives on, and many of the issues he confronted--press freedom, gun violence, public corruption, and demagoguery--remain relevant today.

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