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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
James A. Murray

James A. Murray

Farley, Bill
Emmons, David M.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralRegional: West

Publisher Price: $14.00

ISBN10: 0878426825
ISBN13: 9780878426829
Publisher: Mountain Pr
Published: Mar 10 2018
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Jim Murray�s rise to great wealth began high in the Rocky Mountains in the small town of Pioneer, Montana. There he hit his first big strike, hired others to work his claims, and earned a reputation as someone who �couldn�t be bluffed, wouldn�t be cheated, and didn�t scare at anything.� He parlayed his mining wealth into banks, theatres, resorts, waterworks, and commercial properties from Seattle to San Diego. In western business circles, it was believed his ready cash was second only to W. A. Clark. Where Murray shared no peers, however, was in his decidedly radical politics. From the Irish Land League protests of the 1880s through the Easter Rising of 1916, he supported the violent overthrow of Britain�s rule in his homeland. Hoping for the Crown�s defeat in World War I, Murray�s extremism reached its peak when future World War II General Omar Bradley was dispatched to Butte, Montana, to stop Murray�s network of Sinn F�iners from impeding the supply of copper to Britain�s war machine.

Told for the first time, this is the unvarnished story of Murray�s rise to great wealth and power, and the flamboyant cast of friends and family who endured his violent mood swings and his eccentric generosities. Farley relates the entirety of Murray�s audacious life: ruling over mining camps in Montana, dining with Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell in New York, showering the Monterey art colony with philanthropy, and propelling a loyal nephew� future US Senator, James E. Murray�to the top of a radical Irish-American organization with 60,000 members. The elder Murray�s story concludes with the bitter fight over his massive estate, involving twenty-six relatives, nine years of court battles, and headline coverage by newspapers throughout the West. This is the tale of a western iconoclast, a pioneering and dominating spirit, more comfortable in saloons than board rooms, who fought for wealth and mother country to his last breath.

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