The Beast

by Harvey J. O'Higgin, Benjamin Barr Lindsey, Harvey J. O'Higgins

Book Overview

udge Benjamin Barr Lindsey's expos eacute; of big business's influence on Colorado and Denver politics, a best seller when it was originally published in 1911, is now back in print. The Beast reveals the plight of working-class Denver citizens-in particular those Denver youths who ended up in Lindsey's court day after day. These encounters led him to create the juvenile court, one of the first courts in the country set up to deal specifically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870819534
• ISBN13: 9780870819537
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up