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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political

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Charles C. Painter

Charles C. Painter

The Life of an Indian Reform Advocate

by Valerie Sherer Mathes

No other book so effectively captures the day-to-day and exhausting work of a single individual on the front lines of reform. Like most of his fellow advocates, Painter was an unapologetic assimilationist, a man of his times whose story is a key chapter in the history of the Indian reform movement.
 

Does People Do It?

Does People Do It?

A Memoir

by Fred L. Harris

Harris accomplished much in his distinguished career, championing human rights at home and around the world. His masterfully written memoir attests to a philosophical consistency and humane liberalism that today are all too rare.

A Life on Fire

A Life on Fire

Oklahoma's Kate Barnard

by Connie Cronley

In A Life on Fire, Connie Cronley tells the story of Catherine Ann “Kate” Barnard (1875–1930), a fiery political reformer and the first woman elected to state office in Oklahoma, as commissioner of charities and corrections in 1907—almost fifteen years before women won the right to vote in the United States.

George Hearst

George Hearst

Silver King of the Gilded Age

by Matthew Bernstein

In George Hearst: Silver King of the Gilded Age, Matthew Bernstein captures Hearst’s ascent, casting light on his actions during the Civil War, his tempestuous marriage to his cousin Phoebe, his role as disciplinarian and doting father to future media magnate William Randolph Hearst, and his devious methods of building the greatest mining empire in the West.

At War with Corruption

At War with Corruption

A Biography of Bill Price, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma

by Michael J. Hightower

Foreword by Frank Keating

Price’s career in law and politics serves as a portal into corruption in Oklahoma. Episodes in that narrative include land swindles (soonerism) at the dawn of Oklahoma history; theft of Native Americans’ property and steamrolling of their cultures that reached its nadir in the Osage murders; the Supreme Court scandal of 1964–65; Leo Winters’ alleged misuse of state taxes (what was the treasurer doing with the people’s money?); Governor David Hall’s trial and conviction on charges of extortion; prosecutions of drug syndicates, Penn Square Bank insiders, and Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners on the take; and systemic bribery in county governance that inspired this book.

Mark O. Hatfield

Mark O. Hatfield

Oregon Statesman

by Richard W. Etulain

Mark O. Hatfield: Oregon Statesman tells Hatfield’s story—as an Oregonian, a politician, and a man of practical vision, deep convictions, and far-reaching consequence in the civic life of the state and the nation.
 

Making a Difference

Making a Difference

My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice

by Ada Deer

Contributions by Theda Perdue

Foreword by Charles Wilkinson

A deeply personal story, written with humor and honesty, this book is a testimony to the ability of one individual to change the course of history through hard work, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to social justice.
 

Political Hell-Raiser

Political Hell-Raiser

The Life and Times of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana

by Marc C. Johnson

Political Hell-Raiser is the first book to tell the full story of Wheeler, a genuine maverick whose successes and failures were woven into the political fabric of twentieth-century America.
 

Alfalfa Bill

Alfalfa Bill

A Life in Politics

by Robert L. Dorman

Unlike earlier biographies of Murray, Alfalfa Bill brings issues of race, class, and gender to the forefront, often in surprising ways. On the surface, the Murray saga was an American success story, yet his rise came at a price for Murray himself, his family, and the people of the state he helped to create.
 

Most Scandalous Woman

Most Scandalous Woman

Magda Portal and the Dream of Revolution in Peru

by Myrna Ivonne Wallace Fuentes

In charting the complex trajectory of Portal’s life and career, Most Scandalous Woman reveals what moves people to become revolutionaries, and the gendered limitations of their revolutionary alliances, in an engrossing narrative that brings to life Latin American revolutionary politics.

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