The statesman and the storyteller : John Hay, Mark Twain, and the rise of American imperialism / Mar...
The statesman and the storyteller : John Hay, Mark Twain, and the rise of American imperialism / Mar...
The statesman and the storyteller : John Hay, Mark Twain, and the rise of American imperialism / Mark Zwonitzer.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2018/1809
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvi, 583 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Making a way in the world -- A bad luck habit -- With friends like these -- Right and kind towards the others -- Something more than nothingness -- Still at sea -- Accepting the inevitable, or not -- Easing burdens -- Bluff, brutal, blunt -- The town begins to grow abominable -- Theodore beats the d...
Publication information
Publisher
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"John Hay, famous as Lincoln's private secretary and later as secretary of state under presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, and Samuel Langhorne Clemens, famous for being 'Mark Twain,' grew up fifty miles apart, on the banks of the Mississippi River, in the same rural antebellum stew of race and class and want. This shared history helped draw them to...
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Full title
The statesman and the storyteller : John Hay, Mark Twain, and the rise of American imperialism / Mark Zwonitzer.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-562) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2018/1809
Record Identifier
74VKVNbdBRp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNbdBRp3
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ISBN
156512989X
9781565129894
DDC
327.73009034
MMS ID
991024162505402626
