00926cam a2200217 4500 214710134 TxAuBib 20101214120000.0 930628s1956||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib O'Connor, Edwin. The last hurrah / Edwin O'Connor. Toronto, Canada : Little, Brown & Company, 1956. 427 pages ; 21 cm. O'Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James M. Curley, portrays its Irish-American political boss as a demagogue and a rogue who nonetheless deeply understands his constituents. The book was later made into a John Ford film staring Spencer Tracy. 20101214. Irish Americans Fiction. Politicians Fiction. Boston (Mass) Fiction. Political fiction.