Politician Extraordinaire: The Tempestuous Life and Times of Martin L. Davey

The biography of a colorful and controversial 20th-century politician

This carefully researched and engagingly written political biography marks the first full treatment of Ohio native and politician Martin L. Davey. An important figure on the local, state, and national political scene in the early decades of the twentieth century, Davey served as mayor of Kent, Ohio, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and completed two terms as Ohio governor.

As Frank Vazzano shows, Davey, a ...