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The Remarkable Life of Albert Haskell, Jr.: The King of Crown City isthe first comprehensive portrait of the Cortland, New York schoolboy who forged a path of his own that garnered him a reputation in New York State and the Northeast of the nation as an accomplished lawyer, politician, banker, civic organizer, supporter of higher education, and promoter of industrial expansion.As a district attorney, Haskell crossed paths with the prohibition government agents, murderers, white slavers, members of the "Black Hand" gang, and the Ku Klux Klan. He successfully prosecuted those who were part of a tubercular cattle scandal. As a state assemblyman, he was an advocate for the state's dairy farmers during the violent milk strikes in the 1930s. Haskell co-founded a chapter of Rotary International in 1919 and played a pivotal role in the 1950s in making the place of his birth "the typewriter capital of the world." Based on a trove of scrapbooks assembled by Haskell through his lifetime and kept by his grandchildren, this biography reveals exactly why Haskell's life of integrity and public service merits the title of "King of 'Crown City.'"
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note on Sources
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: The Formative Years
- Chapter 2: The Years of Arts and Letters
- Chapter 3: A Young, Aspiring Lawyer
- Chapter 4: The Great Rotary Hijinks
- Chapter 5: The New D.A. Goes After Bootleggers with Izzy and Moe
- Chapter 6: Bathtub Gin, Bootleggers, and the Black Hand
- Chapter 7: The People vs White Slavers, Faith Healers, and a Murderer
- Chapter 8: Haskell Takes on the Klan
- Chapter 9: The Tragic Demise of Alton Howe
- Chapter 10: Tubercular Cattle Scandal
- Chapter 11: Another Murder Case and Retirement
- Chapter 12: A Continued Career in the Law
- Chapter 13: The Political Arena
- Chapter 14: The Milk Strikes
- Chapter 15: Civic Engagement
- Chapter 16: Promotion of Economic Expansion in the 1950s
- Chapter 17: “Elder Statesman” of Cortland’s Industrial Growth
- Chapter 18: A Man of Faith
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
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