All the great prizes : the life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt /
John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history--from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War. Much of what we know about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt comes to us...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Oughtnottobiography
- Spunky point
- Potomac fever
- Bolts of war
- Progress of democracy
- Plain language
- Millionaires' row
- Roses in a glue-factory
- Scorpions
- Everlasting angels
- Two on the terrace
- Tame cats
- The English mission
- Setting the table
- Spheres of influence
- Rope of sand
- A reasonable time
- Fair warning
- Color of right
- Hayism
- All the great prizes.