All the King's Men | Willie Stark

Willie Stark (“Boss”) is the state governor, elected in 1930. He began his political career in the early 1920s as the county treasurer for Mason County. Willie was raised on a farm, and his political style is grassroots.

Willie’s introduction to politics exposed both his sincere desire to help the “little guy” and his naiveté. Willie unsuccessfully tried to warn Mason County voters about their corrupt county commissioners’ scheme to buy defective bricks for a schoolhouse project. The schoolhouse was built, but two years later, the school’s fire escape collapsed,...

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