The Mayor of Shantytown - The Life of Father James Renshaw Cox

Father James R. Cox became the voice of Pittsburgh's poor and jobless during the worst years of the Great Depression. Long lines of needy people were showing up daily at St. Patrick's Church in the city's historic Strip District but Cox turned no one away. He served more than two million meals to the hungry and was the "mayor" of a shantytown of homeless men.
In 1932, Cox led one of the first mass marches on Washington, D.C., confronting President Herbert Hoover in a face-to-face White House meeting. He later ran for president himself on the Jobless Party ticket--a quixotic campaign that ended in the deserts of New Mexico. Father Cox's reputation as a humanitarian was ruined after he barely escaped a mail fraud conviction for running a rigged fundraising contest.

About the author

Richard Gazarik has been a journalist in western Pennsylvania for more than 40 years. He lives near Pittsburgh.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Gazarik
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2019
• EAN: 9781476673394
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7339-4
• No. of pages: 215
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: historical, political & military, Pittsburgh, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Biography: historical, political and military