James G. Blaine
James G. Blaine

Author: Edward P. Crapol

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780842026055

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This work assesses Blaine's role as an architect of the US empire and revisits the imperialistic goals of this two-time Secretary of State. It examines his pivotal role in shaping American foreign relations and looks at the reasons why America acquired an overseas empire at the turn of the century.

Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future
Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future

Author: Neil Rolde

Publisher: Gardiner, Me. : Tilbury House

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13:

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The story of Maine's Native people, with many generous voices sharing their stories, hopes, and fears.

The Interrupted Forest
The Interrupted Forest

Author: Neil Rolde

Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13:

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More than half of Maine has never been settled--millions of acres of quasi-wilderness.

Maine in the World
Maine in the World

Author: Neil Rolde

Publisher: Tilbury House

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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From its earliest beginnings, the land that became Maine produced adventurous inhabitants who went outside its boundaries to do interesting things that sometimes made them famous or even infamous.

Scoundrels
Scoundrels

Author: J. Michael Martinez

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-06-15

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1538130807

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"American history buffs will savor this detailed yet accessible roundup of political imbroglios." —Publishers Weekly Political scandals have become an indelible feature of the American political system since the creation of the republic more than two centuries ago. In his previous book, Libertines: American Political Sex Scandals from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump, Michael Martinez explored why public figures sometimes take extraordinary risks, sullying their good names, humiliating their families, placing themselves in legal jeopardy, and potentially destroying their political careers as they seek to gratify their sexual desires. In Scoundrels, Martinez examines thirteen of the most famous (or infamous) and not-so-famous political scandals of other sorts in American history, including the Teapot Dome case from the 1920s, the Watergate break-in and cover-up in the 1970s, the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s, and Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Combining riveting storytelling with insights into 200 years of American political corruption, Martinez has once again written a book that will enlighten all readers interested in human nature and political history.

Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion
Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion

Author: Mark Wahlgren Summers

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2003-08-15

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 0807875112

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The presidential election of 1884, in which Grover Cleveland ended the Democrats' twenty-four-year presidential drought by defeating Republican challenger James G. Blaine, was one of the gaudiest in American history, remembered today less for its political significance than for the mudslinging and slander that characterized the campaign. But a closer look at the infamous election reveals far more complexity than previous stereotypes allowed, argues Mark Summers. Behind all the mud and malarkey, he says, lay a world of issues and consequences. Summers suggests that both Democrats and Republicans sensed a political system breaking apart, or perhaps a new political order forming, as voters began to drift away from voting by party affiliation toward voting according to a candidate's stand on specific issues. Mudslinging, then, was done not for public entertainment but to tear away or confirm votes that seemed in doubt. Uncovering the issues that really powered the election and stripping away the myths that still surround it, Summers uses the election of 1884 to challenge many of our preconceptions about Gilded Age politics.