The Gentleman From New York: A Life Of Roscoe Conkling

The Gentleman From New York: A Life Of Roscoe Conkling

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Author: Donald Barr Chidsey

Format: Hardback

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**SIGNED BY AUTHOR** The Gentleman From New York: A Life Of Roscoe Conkling is a biography written by Donald Barr Chidsey and published by Yale University Press in 1935, detailing the life of American political figure Roscoe Conkling; the man who ran New York State, and sometimes the rest of the states too, in the eccentric days of reconstruction that followed the Civil War. This biography completes a picture. The other heroic figures like Grant and Blaine, Garfield, Hayes, and Arthur, have been drawn full-length, but never the golden-voiced orator whose rhetoric would put Bryan to shame, whose strong hand never shook anyone else's if he could help it, and the iron of whose character appears appropriately in a tall statue in Madison Square. As the author points out, here is a men who had hundreds of babies named for him and never kissed one of them, a political boss who never made a cent at it, a Senator with whom the opposition never trifled. And here is the story, not only of Roscoe Conkling, but of the whole post civil war retinue of Victory and carpetbags. With a fine dynamic narrative the author has set in motion most of the political and some of the social scene of an era the like of which the world will never see again. 1st Edition. Condition: Excellent. Dust jacket condition: poor with wear and tear - protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Donald Barr Chidsey

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages:


**SIGNED BY AUTHOR** The Gentleman From New York: A Life Of Roscoe Conkling is a biography written by Donald Barr Chidsey and published by Yale University Press in 1935, detailing the life of American political figure Roscoe Conkling; the man who ran New York State, and sometimes the rest of the states too, in the eccentric days of reconstruction that followed the Civil War. This biography completes a picture. The other heroic figures like Grant and Blaine, Garfield, Hayes, and Arthur, have been drawn full-length, but never the golden-voiced orator whose rhetoric would put Bryan to shame, whose strong hand never shook anyone else's if he could help it, and the iron of whose character appears appropriately in a tall statue in Madison Square. As the author points out, here is a men who had hundreds of babies named for him and never kissed one of them, a political boss who never made a cent at it, a Senator with whom the opposition never trifled. And here is the story, not only of Roscoe Conkling, but of the whole post civil war retinue of Victory and carpetbags. With a fine dynamic narrative the author has set in motion most of the political and some of the social scene of an era the like of which the world will never see again. 1st Edition. Condition: Excellent. Dust jacket condition: poor with wear and tear - protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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