Pharisee Among the Philistines: The Diary of Judge Matthew P. Deady, 1871-1892

by Matthew P. Deady and Jr (editor) Clark, Malcolm

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875950469
• ISBN13: 9780875950464
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Oregon Historical Society Press
• Length: 662 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This is Fun history

This diary removes the dust from the personalities of giants of Oregon history. Deady was founder of the U of Oregon, a federal district court judge for almost forty years, and a regent of Stanford University. He should have been a stuffed shirt; but this diary mnakes it clear that in his prosperous years he retained the affable social skills he had acquired as a blacksmith, newspaper salesman and small town lawyer and politician. He comments on the personalities and foibles of all around him, and he was surrounded by the people who shaped Oregon. This is a very enjoyable read, and Malcolm Clark's footnotes and chapter notes do an excellent job of providing context. Reading this has prompted me to seek out more information about Deady and his companions.