The boy orator

Tracy Daugherty

first published 1998 Dzanc Books, 2013 264 pages

In Tracy Daugherty's third novel, childhood innocence and political ambition meet just prior to the First World War in the person of Harry Shaughnessy, an Oklahoma farmer's son. Gifted with a booming speaking voice and a charismatic presence, the boy learns the Socialist credo from his father, who takes him on the road - from laborers' camps to county fairs to Oklahoma City - to spread the people's gospel to farmers,...

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Boy Orator edition · 2014 · Dzanc Books · 220 pages · 9781938604713
Boy Orator edition · 2013 · Dzanc Books · 264 pages · 9781480433823
Boy Orator edition · 2013 · Dzanc Books · 264 pages · 9781480433687
The boy orator edition · 1998 · Southern Methodist University Press · 249 pages

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