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The Remarkable Life of Albert Haskell, Jr
The King of Crown City
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2023
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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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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-7392-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-7393-8
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
248
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List of Figures No access
Acknowledgments No access
Author’s Note on Sources No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 2
Prologue No access Pages 3 - 4
The Formative Years No access Pages 5 - 22
The Years of Arts and Letters No access Pages 23 - 46
A Young, Aspiring Lawyer No access Pages 47 - 56
The Great Rotary Hijinks No access Pages 57 - 68
The New D.A. Goes After Bootleggers with Izzy and Moe No access Pages 69 - 76
Bathtub Gin, Bootleggers, and the Black Hand No access Pages 77 - 84
The People vs White Slavers, Faith Healers, and a Murderer No access Pages 85 - 102
Haskell Takes on the Klan No access Pages 103 - 114
The Tragic Demise of Alton Howe No access Pages 115 - 118
Tubercular Cattle Scandal No access Pages 119 - 126
Another Murder Case and Retirement No access Pages 127 - 132
A Continued Career in the Law No access Pages 133 - 142
The Political Arena No access Pages 143 - 158
The Milk Strikes No access Pages 159 - 172
Civic Engagement No access Pages 173 - 178
Promotion of Economic Expansion in the 1950s No access Pages 179 - 188
“Elder Statesman” of Cortland’s Industrial Growth No access Pages 189 - 208
