William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country / / Herbert C. Hallas
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| Autore: |
Hallas Herbert C. <1937->
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| Titolo: |
William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country / / Herbert C. Hallas
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 328.73/092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Vice-Presidents - United States |
| Legislators - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1877-1881 |
| United States Politics and government 1869-1877 | |
| New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950 | |
| New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1865 | |
| Malone (N.Y.) Biography | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Tragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! For California" -- Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth" -- "Common justice" for the south -- Returning the salary grab -- No "unproductive and useless park" -- An "earnest champion of the right" -- The "New York Lincoln" -- "God's hand is in this work" -- "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!" -- "As righteous as an edict of God" -- "A wild and joyous time" -- The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs" -- "The machine always slaughters its new converts" -- Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury" -- U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross -- U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire -- "Distressing malady of my bladder" -- Negotiating "simple justice" -- Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | William Almon Wheeler |
| ISBN: | 1-4619-4545-3 |
| 1-4384-4811-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825399703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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