Memoirs of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma: Together with his Biography, Philosophy, Statesmanship, and Oklahoma History, Interwoven
Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1945. First Edition. Complete in 3 volumes. 8vo. 400, 570, 713, [48] pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. Blue cloth in illustrated dustjacket. Light bump to upper front corner of Volume I else a fine set. Item #21106
Memoirs of the controversial Oklahoma politician William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (1869-1956). A Democrat, he helped lead Oklahoma to statehood in 1907, served as the state's first Speaker of the House, was elected to the national House of Representatives, then served as Governor from 1931-35. He was also a racist, with passages in his "Memoir" such as: "The Negro has very little book learning, but he has wonderful practical sense. That is why he makes such a good servant and porter. You take the ordinary Jew. He is wonderfully 'smart' in certain lines . . . but he does not possess the common, practical sense that the Negro has." - PBA.
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