← Brand WhitlockForty Years of Itby Brand WhitlockAutobiography of the mayor and political reformer Brand Whitlock in AmericaFind on Amazon↗About the authorBrand WhitlockBrand Whitlock was a Toledo reform mayor who also wrote accomplished realistic fiction about American politics and the criminal justice system. His novel J. Hardin and Son offered a sensitive portrait of a small Midwestern city.More by Brand WhitlockThe Thirteenth DistrictPolitical novel centered on an idealistic politician in industrial America seeking reform→J. Hardin and Son→The Turn of the BalanceNovel examining the justice system and its treatment of the poor and disadvantaged→The Gold Brick→