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Seward S Folly
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Author : Lee A. Farrow
language : en
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Release Date : 2016-12-15
Seward S Folly written by Lee A. Farrow and has been published by University of Alaska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-15 with History categories.
The Alaska Purchase—denounced at the time as “Seward’s Folly” but now seen as a masterstroke—is well known in American history. But few know the rest of the story. This book aims to correct that. Lee Farrow offers here a detailed account of just what the Alaska Purchase was, how it came about, its impact at the time, and more. Farrow shows why both America and Russia had plenty of good reasons to want the sale to occur, including Russia’s desire to let go of an unprofitable, hard-to-manage colony and the belief in the United States that securing Alaska could help the nation gain control of British Columbia and generate closer trade ties with Asia . Farrow also delves into the implications of the deal for foreign policy and international diplomacy far beyond Russia and the United States at a moment when the global balance of power was in question. A thorough, readable retelling of a story we only think we know, Seward’s Folly will become the standard book on the Alaska Purchase.
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Author : Edison Marshall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
Seward S Folly written by Edison Marshall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Alaska categories.
Historical novel of the intrigues behind the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
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Author : D. Adair
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-01-16
Seward S Folly written by D. Adair and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-16 with categories.
A short fictional story about a teenage girl who mysteriously washes up on shore in Prince William Sound. Moria is a golden-haired, angelic beauty who immediately endears herself to the local people of Seward, Alaska. She tells each person she interacts with a different history, but each person who supposedly helps her, finds themselves blessed with their most dearest wish come true. Trooper Lin, who tries to untangle all the conflicting stories Moria told her friends, narrows down only two that work. One possible, and one impossible ... unless you want to believe.
The Story Of Seward S Folly
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Author : Susan Clinton
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Release Date : 1987
The Story Of Seward S Folly written by Susan Clinton and has been published by Children's Press(CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Examines Secretary of State William Seward's controversial but successful efforts to purchase Alaska from Russia for the United States in 1867.
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Author : Graham Lancaster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980-01-01
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Sir John A S Crusade And Seward S Magnificent Folly
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Author : Richard Rohmer
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2013-01-05
Sir John A S Crusade And Seward S Magnificent Folly written by Richard Rohmer and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-05 with Fiction categories.
This work of historical fiction is based on the challenges faced by John A. Macdonald just before Confederation in 1867. His colleagues at the London Conference are not unanimously supportive. He is the target of Fenian assassins, and the impending U.S. purchase of Alaska makes the colony of British Columbia vulnerable.
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Author : Melissa Whitcraft
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press (Dublin)
Release Date : 2002
Seward S Folly written by Melissa Whitcraft and has been published by Children's Press (Dublin) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Dramatic and defining moments in American history come vividly the life in the Cornerstones of Freedom series.
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Author : Walter Stahr
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012
Seward written by Walter Stahr and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Presents a profile of the leader of Lincoln's "team of rivals," examining the many political roles he had in his lifetime, including governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Lincoln's closest advisor during the Civil War.
Sir John A S Crusade And Seward S Magnificent Folly
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Author : Richard Rohmer
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2013-01-05
Sir John A S Crusade And Seward S Magnificent Folly written by Richard Rohmer and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-05 with Fiction categories.
International intrigue on the eve of the birth of a nation at Britain’s Highclere Castle, aka Downton Abbey. In late 1866, John A. Macdonald and other Fathers of Confederation arrived in London to begin discussions with Britain to create Canada. Macdonald and two of his colleagues stayed briefly at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, the stately home of the Fourth Earl of Carnarvon, Britain’s colonial secretary. Those are the facts. Today Highclere Castle is widely known as the real-life location for the popular television series Downton Abbey. In Richard Rohmer’s novel, Macdonald talks with Carnarvon at Highclere about legislation to give Canada autonomy, the danger of Irish Fenian assassination plots, and the proposed American purchase of Alaska from Russia. Later, back in London, a fire partially destroys Macdonald’s hotel room, and the future prime minister, trying to curb his fondness for alcohol, woos and marries his second wife, Agnes. In the end, Macdonald wins the passage of the British North America Act but fails in his bid for Alaska when U.S. Secretary of State William Seward buys that strategic territory. Secret deals, romance, and international intrigue all figure in this rousing tale of historical speculation set on the eve of the birth of a nation.
Seward S Other Folly
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Author : Ralph E. Ralph E. Weber
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-07-03
Seward S Other Folly written by Ralph E. Ralph E. Weber and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-03 with categories.
On the early morning of 26 November 1866, a secret encrypted cable from Secretary of State William Seward began arriving in the Paris telegraph office. The dispatch's last installment was completed at 4:30 the following afternoon. "I immediately discerned," wrote American minister to France John Bigelow, "that it was written more for the edification of Congress than for mine, for Mr. Seward knew full well at the moment of writing it that the Emperor (of France] and his Cabinet were all more anxious than any citizen of the United States to hasten the recall of their troops from Mexico, and that they were doing everything that was possible to that end." News and rumors about the lengthy encoded telegram spread rapidly through the French governmental departments and the diplomatic corps: legation representatives flooded Bigelow's office with inquiries. Bigelow maintained a determined silence. The first steamer from New York to arrive in France after the dispatch was written brought a reprint of the confidential cable in the pages of the New York Herald. A confident Bigelow smiled: the reprint "confirmed my first impression that it was written for Congress rather than for the Tuileries."