Bossism and Reform in a Southern City: Lexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940. (Book Reviews).(Review)

From: Journal of Southern History | Date: November 1, 2001| Author: Haas, Edward F. | Copyright information

Bossism and Reform in a Southern City: Lexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940. By James Duane Bolin. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, c. 2000. Pp. xviii, 202. $24.95, ISBN 0-8131-2150-7.)

In this study of William Frederick "Billy" Klair, a political leader who dominated his town and contributed to its growth during the early twentieth century, James Duane Bolin challenges the notion that urban political bosses existed only in large northern metropolises. Klair witnessed...

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