Bryan; a political biography of William Jennings Bryan,
"As the first major one-volume biography of William Jennings Bryan to appear since the years immediately following his death, BRYAN is a notable publishing event. Today Bryan is largely remembered as the youthful orator from Nebraska who stampeded the Democratic Presidential convention of 1896...
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New York :
Putnam,
[1971]
New York, Putnam [1971] New York : 1971 |
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Table of Contents:
- A rare politician.
- pt. 1. Ascent. Illinois beginnings ; Education f an idealist ; Mary ; The young lawyer ; O pioneers! ; A contrived victory ; Congressman ; An uncertain election ; The silver craze ; The almost senator ; Laying a foundation ; Cross of gold.
- pt. 2. Crest. The Popocrat candidate ; The first battle ; The legacy ; Colonel Bryan ; New issues ; The second battle ; A divided party ; From the ashes of weakness ; The road back ; Let the people rule.
- pt. 3. Decline. Keeping the progressive faith ; A pacificist Secretary of State ; War and peace ; Normalcy.
- pt. 4. Humiliation. Ordeal at Dayton