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Book American Statesmen

Download or read book American Statesmen written by John Torrey Morse and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Statesmen  Salmon P  Chase

Download or read book American Statesmen Salmon P Chase written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Statesmen

Download or read book American Statesmen written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Statesmen

Download or read book American Statesmen written by John Torrey Morse and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Salmon P  Chase

Download or read book Salmon P Chase written by John Niven and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-03-09 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salmon P. Chase was one of the preeminent men of 19th-century America. A majestic figure, tall and stately, Chase was a leader in the fight to end slavery, a brilliant administrator who as Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury provided crucial funding for a vastly expensive war, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the turmoil of Reconstruction, and the presiding officer of the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. Yet he was also a complex figure. As John Niven reveals in this magisterial biography, Chase was a paradoxical blend of idealism and ambition. If he stood for the highest moral purposes--the freedom and equality of all mankind--these lofty ideas failed to mask a thirst for power so deeply ingrained in his character that it drove away many who shared his principles, but mistrusted his motives. Niven provides a vivid description of Chase's early years--his childhood in New Hampshire (where his father's failed business venture and early death left the family all but destitute) and in Ohio (where he was sent to live with his uncle Philander, an Episcopal bishop), his education at Dartmouth, and his early law career in Cincinnati. Niven shows how the plight of the slaves stirred this reticent young lawyer, and how Chase gradually moved to the forefront of the antislavery movement. At the same time, we see how he used his growing prominence in the antislavery movement to forward his political ambitions. Niven illuminates Chase's long tenure as a public man. Twice elected United States Senator, twice chosen governor of Ohio (then the third most populous state in the Union), Chase organized the widespread but diffuse anti-slavery movement into a workable political organization, the Free Soil party (whose slogan "Free Soil, Free Labor, Freemen" Chase coined himself). We read of Chase's work in Lincoln's war cabinet and his tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and we also follow his many political maneuvers, his attempts to undercut rivals, and his poorly run campaigns for presidential nominations. Niven also provides an intimate portrait of Chase's family life--his loss of three wives and four of his six children, and the unfortunate marriage of his beautiful daughter Kate to a rich but dissolute man--and a vivid picture of life at mid-century. What emerges is a portrait of a tragic figure, whose high qualities of heart and mind and whose many achievements were ultimately tarnished by an often unseemly quest for power. It is a striking look at an eminent statesman as well as a revealing glimpse into political life in 19th-century America, all set against a background of the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, and the turmoil of Reconstruction.

Book Classified Catalog of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh  1895 1902  In Three Volumes

Download or read book Classified Catalog of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 1895 1902 In Three Volumes written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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  • Release : 1907
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  • Pages : 1500 pages

Download or read book Classified Catalogue written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Leaders of the American Civil War

Download or read book Leaders of the American Civil War written by Charles F. Ritter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the careers of the great military leaders and the critical political leaders of the American Civil War. Entries consider the leader's character and pre-war experience, their contributions to the war effort, and the war's impact on the rest of their lives. An assessment of their historical treatment puts their long-term reputations on the line, and results in a thorough revision of some leaders, a call for further study of others, and a reaffirmation of the accomplishments of the greatest leaders.

Book The American Statesman

Download or read book The American Statesman written by Andrew White Young and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Team of Rivals

Download or read book Team of Rivals written by Doris Kearns Goodwin and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-02-12 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows how he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them help achieve his vision for peace. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. A book to bury yourself in.

Book Catalogue

Download or read book Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Nevins Memorial Library

Download or read book Catalogue of the Nevins Memorial Library written by Nevins memorial library, Methuen, Mass and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog  1903

Download or read book Catalog 1903 written by Indiana State Library and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Statesman  a Political History  Exhibiting the Origin  Nature and Practical Operation of Constitutional Government in the United States  the Rise and Progress of Parties  and the Views of Distinguished Statesmen on Questions of Foreign and Domestic Policy  Brought Down to the Present Time

Download or read book The American Statesman a Political History Exhibiting the Origin Nature and Practical Operation of Constitutional Government in the United States the Rise and Progress of Parties and the Views of Distinguished Statesmen on Questions of Foreign and Domestic Policy Brought Down to the Present Time written by Andrew White Young and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 1300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: