Adlai E Stevenson of Illinois a Portrait

Adlai E Stevenson of Illinois a Portrait

Author: Noel F. Busch

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781376973044

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Adlai Stevenson

Adlai Stevenson

Author: Porter McKeever

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13:

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With complete access to private and official papers, Stevenson confidant Porter McKeever has written a masterful biography 25 years after the legendary statesman's death. Stevenson's combination of eloquence, vision, sophistication, and popular appeal have few equals, and he has remained one of the last great political heroes of our time. Photos.


Chicago Portraits

Chicago Portraits

Author: June Skinner Sawyers

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2012-03-31

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0810126494

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The famous, the infamous, and the unjustly forgotten—all receive their due in this biographical dictionary of the people who have made Chicago one of the world’s great cities. Here are the life stories—provided in short, entertaining capsules—of Chicago’s cultural giants as well as the industrialists, architects, and politicians who literally gave shape to the city. Jane Addams, Al Capone, Willie Dixon, Harriet Monroe, Louis Sullivan, Bill Veeck, Harold Washington, and new additions Saul Bellow, Harry Caray, Del Close, Ann Landers, Walter Payton, Koko Taylor, and Studs Terkel—Chicago Portraits tells you why their names are inseparable from the city they called home.


The Stevensons

The Stevensons

Author: Jean H. Baker

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1997-06

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780393315981

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Presents a portrait of four generations of the Stevenson family in America, from the first Scotch-Irish immigrants to the life and career of the noted liberal politician Adlai Stevenson.


Adlai Stevenson's Lasting Legacy

Adlai Stevenson's Lasting Legacy

Author: A. Liebling

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1137076062

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Twice unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President of the United States, Adlai Stevenson played a key role in American politics throughout much of the middle of the Twentieth Century. This collection of essays from Senator Eugene McCarthy, Arthur Schlesinger, and others, looks at Stevenson's past and current societal significance.