In Tracy Daugherty's third novel, childhood innocence and political ambition meet just prior to the First World War in the person of Harry Shaughnessy, an Oklahoma farmer' son. Gifted with a booming speaking voice and a charismatic presence, the boy learns the socialist credo from his father, who takes him on the roadfrom laborers' camps to county fairs to Oklahoma Cityto spread the people's gospel to farmers, miners, and oil workers. Along the way young Harry encounters other socialist crusadersEugene V. Debs, Oscar Ameringer, and the dynamic red-haired feminist Kate O'Hare.
