The Man Higher Up

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The Man Higher Up
AuthorHenry Russell Miller
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherBobbs-Merrill
Publication date
1910
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages402
OCLC6563281
Followed byHis Rise To Power 

The Man Higher Up: A Story of the Fight Which Is Life and the Force Which Is Love is a novel by the American writer Henry Russell Miller set in 19th century Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The novel tells the Horatio Alger story of Bob, an Irish-Catholic tenement waif who becomes a mill hand, a ward heeler, then mayor of Pittsburgh, and finally governor of Pennsylvania.

References[edit]

  • Hanna, Archibald (1985). A Mirror for the Nation: An Annotated Bibliography of American Social Fiction, 1901-1950. New York: Garland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8240-8727-5.
  • Miller, Henry Russell (1910). The Man Higher Up. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.