Gilded age Cato : the life of Walter Q. Gresham /
Union general, federal judge, presidential contender, and cabinet officer -- Walter Q. Gresham of Indiana stands as an enigmatic character in the politics of the Gilded Age, one who never seemed comfortable in the offices he sought. This first scholarly biography not only follows the turns of his ca...
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
1988
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. APPRENTICE: Mission of Great Responsibility; 2. PRESERVING THE UNION: Something for Myself; 3. DISTRICT JUDGE: Cultivate Contentment; 4. POSTMASTER GENERAL: No Tranquillity or Happiness; 5. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Not Anxious for the Honor; 6. JEREMIAH: The Patriotism of Our Revolutionary Sires; 7. SECRETARY OF STATE: Proper Views of Things; 8. HAWAII: There Is Such a Thing as International Morality; 9. SAMOA: Affairs That Do Not Specially Concern Us; 10. THE ORIENT AND THE LEVANT: No Departure from the Wise Policy.
- 11. THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: The Consistent Policy Pursued12. LAST CRISIS: The Clouds Had About All Cleared; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
