Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War

Author: David Donald

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1402227191

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The Puliter-Prize winning classic and national bestseller returns!Emeritus Harvard Professor David Herbert Donald traces Sumner's life in this Pulitzer-Prize winning classic about a nation careening toward Civil War.

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.

Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner

Author: David Herbert Donald

Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published: 1996-08-21

Total Pages: 1142

ISBN-13:

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Charles Sumner (1811–1874), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts for two decades, was an ardent abolitionist; a founder of the Republican Party; chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1861 to 1871; chief of the Radical Republicans during the Civil War and Reconstruction; Lincoln's friend and, later, Grant's nemesis; as well as an advocate for universal equality, international peace, women's suffrage, and educational and prison reform. This edition combines for the first time Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War and Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man into one monumental biography that brings into brilliant focus the character and impact of one of the most controversial and enduring forces in American history.

Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner (Classic Reprint)
Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner (Classic Reprint)

Author: Charles Edwards Lester

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-12

Total Pages: 728

ISBN-13: 9780428869069

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Excerpt from Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner Now that the mourning badges have fallen from the strong arms that bore his ashes to their repose, and the new summer grass waves over his tomb, it may be proper to speak of the circumstances which attended the preparation and issue of this work, last spring, and the manner in which it has been received. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner
Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner

Author: Charles Edwards Lester

Publisher: Arkose Press

Published: 2015-10-24

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 9781345248227

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