| Description |
736 pages ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography: pages [705]-719. |
| Contents |
A rare politician. -- Pt. 1. Ascent. Illinois beginnings ; Education f an idealist ; Mary ; The young lawyer ; O pioneers! ; A contrived victory ; Congressman ; An uncertain election ; The silver craze ; The almost senator ; Laying a foundation ; Cross of gold. -- Pt. 2. Crest. The Popocrat candidate ; The first battle ; The legacy ; Colonel Bryan ; New issues ; The second battle ; A divided party ; From the ashes of weakness ; The road back ; Let the people rule. -- Pt. 3. Decline. Keeping the progressive faith ; A pacificist Secretary of State ; War and peace ; Normalcy. -- Pt. 4. Humiliation. Ordeal at Dayton. |
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Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
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