The invincible Duff Green [[electronic resource] ] : Whig of the West / / W. Stephen Belko

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777610603321
• Autore: Belko W. Stephen <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006
• ISBN: 0-8262-6512-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.5/6092; B
• Soggetti: Politicians - United States; Political consultants - United States; Journalists - United States; Businessmen - United States; Legislators - Missouri; Lawyers - Missouri; United States Politics and government 1815-1861
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-472) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Drawing on previously unexploited primary sources, Belko illuminates the wide-ranging influence of Duff Green as land speculator, entrepreneur, lawyer, militia officer, politician, and newspaper editor. Disputing common assumption, Green is portrayed as a political moderate and independent westerner who played a fundamental role in the shaping of Jacksonian America"--Provided by publisher.