The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley
book · 2002
SUMMARY
Book-length academic biography (University Press of Kentucky) of Brinkley's career across medicine, broadcasting, and politics. Cited here as a scholarly secondary reference for biographical and chronological context, covering the goat-gland surgery, the KFKB and later border-radio broadcasting, and the Kansas gubernatorial campaigns. The dates and figures used in this bundle are anchored to Smith 2022 and the 1921 primary pamphlet; this biography is cited for context. ISBN confirmed via Open Library.
NOTES
Lee’s biography is the fullest single-subject academic treatment of Brinkley and covers the goat-gland surgery, the KFKB and later border-radio broadcasting, and the Kansas gubernatorial campaigns. It supports this case’s biographical narrative.