Charles Gates Dawes
Charles Gates Dawes

Author: Annette B. Dunlap

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2016-09-15

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 0810134209

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Charles Gates Dawes: A Life is the first comprehensive biography of an American in whose fascinating story contemporary readers can follow the struggles and triumphs of early twentieth-century America and Europe. Dawes is most known today as vice president of the United States under Calvin Coolidge, but he also distinguished himself and his hometown of Evanston, Illinois, on the world stage with the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize. This engrossing biography traces how, when the punitive armistice that ended the First World War resulted in a disabled, restive Germany, Dawes’s diplomatic legerdemain averted war through a renegotiation of Germany’s debt repayments. Dawes’s diplomatic and political achievements, however, were only the illustrious capstones to a multifaceted career that included military service, law, finance, and business on the local, state, national, and global stages. In every arena of his life, he combined the social graces of the Gilded Age with the spirit of service of the Progressive Era. Despite his life of disciplined service, Dawes was an ebullient and irrepressible figure. Dawes’s salty language was often colorful fodder for tabloid and magazine writers of his era. In this captivating biography, Annette B. Dunlap recounts the story of an original American who enlightened and enlivened his world. This book was published in cooperation with the Evanston History Center and with generous support from the Tawani Foundation.

Papers of Charles Gates Dawes
Papers of Charles Gates Dawes

Author: Charles Gates Dawes

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Published: 1832

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Correspondence including those belonging to Charles Gates Dawes's relatives, together with correspondence to William McKinley, scrapbooks, memorial information about Charles Gates Dawes, general and personal items, writings, speeches, family papers, inventories, invitations, schedule books, family history and genealogy, probate will, and a petition between Carolyn Dawes Ericson, Dana McCutcheon Dawes, and Virginia Dawes Cragg vs. Henry M. Dawes. Other persons represented include Caro D. Blymer Dawes, Rufus Fearing Dawes, and Melvin B. Ericson. Topics include Dawes's work in politics, business law and banking, foreign policy during World War I and the Hoover years, World War I reparations, philanthropy, and music scores.

"Work Hard, Study . . . and Keep Out of Politics!"

Author: James A. Baker

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 2008-06-02

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 0810124890

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White House chief of staff twice over, former secretary of state, past secretary of the treasury, and campaign leader for three different candidates in five successful campaigns—few people have lived and breathed politics as deeply or for as long as James Baker. Now, with candor, down-home Texas storytelling, and more than a few surprises, Baker opens up about his thirty-five years behind the scenes. Beginning in 1975 with the Ford administration, in a job procured for him by friend and tennis partner George H. W. Bush, Baker was in the thick of American politics. He recounts the inside story of Ford’s rejection of Reagan as a running mate in 1976 with the same insight he has into Reagan’s rejection of Ford four years later. When the White House was plunged into turmoil after the Reagan assassination attempt, he was there, and his stories take readers deeper into those chaotic days. Baker was on hand for the George H. W. Bush campaign’s battle over running mate Dan Quayle and, more recently, he was again on the front row as George W. Bush fought it out in Florida. Spellbinding and frank, his stories are the ones between the lines of our history books. In this new edition, Baker also responds for the first time in print to the George W. Bush administration’s reaction to the Iraq Study Group Report, written with his input. Baker is very qualified to comment on the political operation of the current administration, and his new writing for this paperback brings the full weight of his experience to bear.