The Life Of Whitelaw Reid Vol 1 Classic Reprint
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The Life Of Whitelaw Reid Vol 1 Classic Reprint
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Author : Royal Cortissoz
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-15
The Life Of Whitelaw Reid Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Royal Cortissoz and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Excerpt from The Life of Whitelaw Reid, Vol. 1 In 1889, when Whitelaw Reid was living in Paris, as minister to France, John Hay asked him why he didn't do what his predecessor, Benjamin Franklin, had done at Passy - write his memoirs. Twenty years later, dur ing his service in London as ambassador to England, Henry Adams repeatedly asked him the same question, pressing it upon him as a duty. No one else survives of our time, he said, who has enough skill to tell his own story. Reid admitted that there occasionally came over him the desire to make memoranda for the work persistently demanded in his private circle and regularly, for years, proposed to him by publishers. But, he said, it is always so much easier, in such things, to put it off to a more convenient season. I frequently brought the subject up with him, in talk and in letters, and in 1908 he wrote to me from London: It has kept coming up constantly in conversations with all sorts of people, English and American, until the idea has become a sort of obsession. I can't do it here; and the oftener the notion is presented, the less agreeable it seems-the kind of thing one feels he ought to do, but hates to begin, and so comes to hate thinking about. But it serves to remind me that when I am relieved from my present duties I can still find something to occupy myself with, if I have energy enough. His death in 1912, while he was still busy as ambassador, put an end to the hopes of the reminiscences so long pleaded for by his friends. 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.
The Life Of Whitelaw Reid Volume 1
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Author : Royal Cortissoz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-07-18
The Life Of Whitelaw Reid Volume 1 written by Royal Cortissoz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Life Of Whitelaw Reid Volume 1 Primary Source Edition
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Author : Royal Cortissoz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-12
The Life Of Whitelaw Reid Volume 1 Primary Source Edition written by Royal Cortissoz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12 with categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Life Of Whitelaw Reid, Volume 1; The Life Of Whitelaw Reid; Royal Cortissoz Royal Cortissoz Butterworth, 1921
The Life Of Whitelaw Reid
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Author : Royal Cortissoz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
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Life Of Whitelaw Reid
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Author : Royal Cortissoz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Life Of Whitelaw Reid written by Royal Cortissoz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with categories.
Life
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Author : John Ames Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Life written by John Ames Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with categories.
Mr Whitelaw Reid In France 1889 1892 The Farewell Dinner To The United States Minister 1892 Etc
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Author : Whitelaw Reid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Mr Whitelaw Reid In France 1889 1892 The Farewell Dinner To The United States Minister 1892 Etc written by Whitelaw Reid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with categories.
Whitelaw Reid
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Inquire Whether the Privileges of the House Have Been Violated by the Arrest and Detention of Whitlaw Reid at the Suit of A.R. Shepher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
Whitelaw Reid written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Inquire Whether the Privileges of the House Have Been Violated by the Arrest and Detention of Whitlaw Reid at the Suit of A.R. Shepher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Arrest categories.
Grant
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Author : Ron Chernow
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-10-10
Grant written by Ron Chernow and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 “Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had ended dismally, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in war, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign, and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Along the way, Grant endeared himself to President Lincoln and became his most trusted general and the strategic genius of the war effort. Grant’s military fame translated into a two-term presidency, but one plagued by corruption scandals involving his closest staff members. More important, he sought freedom and justice for black Americans, working to crush the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass, who called him “the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race.” After his presidency, he was again brought low by a dashing young swindler on Wall Street, only to resuscitate his image by working with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs, which are recognized as a masterpiece of the genre. With lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Chernow finds the threads that bind these disparate stories together, shedding new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as “nothing heroic... and yet the greatest hero.” Chernow’s probing portrait of Grant's lifelong struggle with alcoholism transforms our understanding of the man at the deepest level. This is America's greatest biographer, bringing movingly to life one of our finest but most underappreciated presidents. The definitive biography, Grant is a grand synthesis of painstaking research and literary brilliance that makes sense of all sides of Grant's life, explaining how this simple Midwesterner could at once be so ordinary and so extraordinary. Named one of the best books of the year by Goodreads • Amazon • The New York Times • Newsday • BookPage • Barnes and Noble • Wall Street Journal
The Pursuit Of A Dream
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Author : Janet Sharp Hermann
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2011-03-10
The Pursuit Of A Dream written by Janet Sharp Hermann and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-10 with History categories.
Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the McLemore Prize of the Mississippi Historical Society, and the Silver Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California Originally published in 1981, this fascinating history set in the Reconstruction South is a testament to African American resilience, fortitude, and independence. It tells of three attempts to create an ideal community on the river bottom lands at Davis Bend south of Vicksburg. There Joseph Davis's effort to establish a cooperative community among the slaves on his plantation was doomed to fail as long as they remained in bondage. During the Civil War, the Yankees tried with limited success to organize the freedmen into a model community without trusting them to manage their own affairs. After the war, the intrepid Benjamin Montgomery and his family bought the land from Davis and established a very prosperous colony of their fellow freedmen. Their success at Davis Bend occurred when blacks were accorded the opportunity to pursue the American dream relatively free from the discrimination that prevailed in most of society. It is a story worthy of celebration. Janet Sharp Hermann writes here of two men—Joseph Davis, the slaveholder and brother of the president of the Confederacy, and Benjamin Montgomery, an educated freedman. In 1866 Montgomery began the experiment at Davis Bend.