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Ten years in the making, taken largely from primary materials, this biography is a balanced portrait of an extraordinary Arkansas leader. A native of Mississippi, Charles Hillman Brough served as governor of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921. His administration clearly represented New South progressivism and spawned a host of reforms in education, women's suffrage, prohibition, transportation, and governmental efficiency. A dignified man with a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Brough was also known as a brilliant orator, a college professor with a photographic memory, an enthusiastic Baptist, yet a confirmed racist, unable to leave parts of the Old South behind. He is most remembered in this life history as a consummate champion of the state of Arkansas. Perturbed by the "ignorant backwoods Arky" image made popular by a few notable critics, Brough made a lifelong, conscious effort to refute it. To his lasting credit, he saw and appreciated the wealth of natural resources and human variety within the state's boundaries.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general

• Full title: Charles Hillman Brough
• Author: Foy Lisenby
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 10
• EAN: 9781557284112
• ISBN: 9781557284112
• ID: 06315718
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Weight: 476 g
• Dimensions: 241 × 165 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. April 1996

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