Download or read book A Godly Hero written by Michael Kazin and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2007-03-13 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, LOS ANGELES TIMES, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed biography—the first major reconsideration of Bryan’s life in forty years–award-winning historian Michael Kazin illuminates his astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of religion and politics in which he rose to fame. Kazin vividly re-creates Bryan’s tremendous appeal, showing how he won a passionate following among both rural and urban Americans, who saw in him not only the practical vision of a reform politician but also the righteousness of a pastor. Bryan did more than anyone to transform the Democratic Party from a bulwark of laissez-faire to the citadel of liberalism we identify with Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1896, 1900, and 1908, Bryan was nominated for president, and though he fell short each time, his legacy–a subject of great debate after his death–remains monumental. This nuanced and brilliantly crafted portrait restores Bryan to an esteemed place in American history.
Download or read book The Life of William Jennings Bryan written by Genevieve Forbes Herrick and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Jennings Bryan written by Harvey Ellsworth Newbranch and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of William Jennings Bryan Illustrated written by Genevieve Forbes HERRICK (and (John Origen)) and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Memoirs of William Jennings Bryan written by William Jennings Bryan and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 1925 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In giving the public the story of his life, William J. Bryan trusts he may be credited with something more than a desire to acquaint the public with himself. It is his purpose to show that in his own case good fortune has had more to do with such success as he may have achieved than any efforts of his own. His second purpose is to show the goodness of the American people, their patriotism, their moral courage, their high ideals, their willingness to sacrifice for their convictions - the virtues that not only make popular government possible but insure its success." -- goodreads.com
Download or read book A Righteous Cause written by Robert W. Cherny and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three times the Democratic Party’s nominee for president (1896, 1900, and 1908), and Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan voiced the concerns of many Americans left out of the post-Civil War economic growth. In this book, Robert W. Cherny traces Bryan’s major political crusades for a new currency policy, prohibition, and women’s suffrage, and against colonialism, monopolies, America’s entry into World War I, and the teaching of evolution in the public schools. Drawing on Bryan’s writings and correspondence, Cherny presents Bryan’s key role in the Democratic Party’s transformation from a proponent of minimal government to an advocate of active government.
Download or read book The Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan written by Gerard N. Magliocca and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at how William Jennings Bryan's attempts to reach the White House invigorated conservatives across the United States and changed approaches to constitutional law.
Download or read book A Righteous Cause written by Robert W. Cherny and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three times the Democratic Party’s nominee for president (1896, 1900, and 1908) and secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan voiced the concerns of many Americans left out of the post–Civil War economic growth. In A Righteous Cause: The Life of Williams Jennings Bryan, Robert W. Cherny presents Bryan’s key role in the Democratic Party’s transformation from the conservatism of Grover Cleveland to the progressivism of Woodrow Wilson. Cherny draws on Bryan’s writings and correspondence to trace his major political crusades for a new currency policy, prohibition, and women’s suffrage, and against colonialism, monopolies, America’s entry into World War I, and the teaching of evolution in the public schools.
Download or read book The Life of William Jennings Bryan Classic Reprint written by Genevieve Forbes Herrick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of William Jennings Bryan This Life of William Jennings Bryan is 'the simple story of a simple man, who was known to the people of America and the world as the Great Commoner because he found the Divine spark in the soul of the humblest of his fellow men. This biography tells the story of his life without attempting any searching criticism. His notable career and his death are too near at hand at this writing to make such an attempt productive of anything more than a very narrow View. In the perspective of the future his career will be viewed more truly, and the nation's progress will weigh his merits and his faults with a certain balance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Life of William Jennings Bryan written by Genevieve Forbes Herrick and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of William Jennings Bryan written by Genevieve Forbes Herrick and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.
Download or read book The Life and Speeches of Hon Wm Jennings Bryan written by William Jennings Bryan and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Jennings Bryan written by Gerald Leinwand and published by American Profiles. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the time of his death in 1925, William Jennings Bryan was, as Henry Steele Commager wrote, "the most representative American of his time." To understand Bryan is to understand the United States on the cusp of modernity as regionalism declined, national political and economic institutions expanded, and the urban way of life began to eclipse the rural." "Bryan's time, as today, was one of profound transition and tumult in the United States. The late 19th century and early 20th century saw significant changes in economic, social, and political life which were to result in the modern nation we now recognize. At such a time Americans looked for moral leadership and yet there was no consensus about right and wrong in private or public life. In this uncertain era, Bryan stood forth as a political, moral, and economic reformer and sounded his trumpet for the values of the common man and woman as he so uncertainly understood them." "A Christian fundamentalist and a populist, Bryan was a lively mixture of Protestant revivalism and Jacksonian democracy - rural in upbringing, western in sentiment, and often a disappointed outsider to the political establishment. Best known for his fiery monetary policy crusade against the gold standard, Bryan also favored women's suffrage, direct election of U.S. Senators, and government regulation of railroads. He was a populist whose death left the socialist Eugene V. Debbs unmoved and a conservative whose name was anathema to early 20th century plutocrats. At the time of his death, no man in public life had more devoted followers and none had more political enemies than William Jennings Bryan." "As Gerald Leinwand shows, the true Bryan is not the caricature we have substituted for the man - the quixotic presidential candidate or the rural bumpkin who tried to match wits with Clarence Darrow on the matter of whether humans were descended from apes. In this new study of Bryan's life, we find a reformer and politician of compelling power who stood at the center of American political life for thirty years."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Memoirs of William Jennings Bryan written by William Jennings Bryan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defender of the Faith written by Lawrence W. Levine and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defender of the Faith offers a reinterpretation of William Jennings Bryan in his last years as an unchanging Progressive whose roots were deeply embedded in agrarian populism. It changes the standard picture of Bryan in his final years as that of a crusader for social and economic reform sadly transformed into a reactionary champion of anachronistic rural evangelism, cheap moralistic panaceas, and Florida real estate. He pleaded for for progressive labor laws, liberal taxes, government aid to farmers, public ownership of railroads, telegraphs, and telephones, federal development of water resources, minimum wages for labor, and other advanced causes.
Download or read book William Jennings Bryan written by Harvey Ellsworth Newbranch and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from William Jennings Bryan: A Concise but Complete Story of His Life and Services The author of this little volume, in giving it to the reading public, feels called on for a few words by way of explanation and apology. The book is written because there seems to be a field for it. Within the last few months hundreds of thousands of American citizens have come to see William Jennings Bryan in a new light. As a result, while they no longer believe him a demagogue, some still hesitate to accept him as a statesman. While they have ceased to denounce him as an anarchist, some are slow to realize that he stands with Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln as one of the great conservators of American institutions. Especially for the benefit of this class of his fellow citizens this little "life" of Mr. Bryan is published. For it is claimed no literary merit other than a conscientious attempt at clearness, and no historical excellence save a strict adherence to the truth in the statement of facts. The work has had to be hurriedly done and at irregular intervals, and the one object aimed at has been to acquaint the reader with Mr. Bryan's character through a narration of his life work. It is candidly admitted that the book is written in a friendly and sympathetic vein. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Speeches of William Jennings Bryan written by William Jennings Bryan and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
