Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins: The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt
"Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins"reads like a page-turning novel. Uncovering one of history's untold stories, Rodger McDaniel poetically and graciously traces stories of homosexuality, McCarthyism, civil rights, and government corruption, and more. McDaniel's work is wonderfully researched...this book is a must read. It hooks the reader using creative writing techniques, while at the same time is grounded in primary and secondary sources." Annals of Wyoming History December 2013"If you kept just one piece of literature on your bookshelf to remind you of this corner of the world, what would it be?" The list of 13 books includes Owen Wister's "The Virginian," Annie Proulx's "Close Range: Wyoming Stories," and"Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins-The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt."The book "tells  the story of Senator Lester Hunt, who ...caught in the web of Joe McCarthy's political reign of terror...killed himself. This story had been lost in the annals of Wyoming history, and (McDaniel's book) is the first complete retelling." Wyoming Tribune-Eagle July 28, 2013