John Lord

Gebundenes Buch

American Founders and American Leaders

Beacon Lights of History V6

Beschreibung

1885. Volume Six of Eight. This volume contains Part I. American Founders and Part II. American Leaders. The Beacon Lights of History is a series of lectures by Dr. Lord, who has been called the artistic historian, setting forth the great epochs and master minds of civilization-a biographical history of the world's life. Contents Part I. The American Idea; Benjamin Franklin: Diplomacy; George Washington: The American Revolution; Alexander Hamilton: American Constitution; John Adams: Constructive Statesmanship; Thomas Jefferson: Popular Sovereignty; John Marshall by John Bassett Moore: The Supreme Court; and Lafayette: Hero of Two Nations. Contents Part II. Andrew Jackson: Personal Politics; Henry Clay: Compromise Legislation; Daniel Webster: The American Union; John C. Calhoun: The Slavery Question; Abraham Lincoln: Civil War and Preservation of the Union; Robert E. Lee: The Southern Confederacy by E. Benjamin Andrews; Ulysses S. Grant: The Restored Union; John Hay: Golden Rule Diplomacy; and The New Nation. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Autor

John Lord (September 10, 1810 - December 15, 1894) was a professor and historian from the United States. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1833 and then entered the Andover Theological Seminary, where in his second year he produced a series of lectures on the Dark Ages, which he presented the following fall during a trip through northern New York. He joined the American Peace Society after graduating from Andover. He was summoned to a Congregational Church in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, and subsequently to one in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, despite not being ordained. In 1840, he resigned from his pastoral duties to become a public lecturer and devote more attention to literary pursuits. In 1843-46, he lectured about the Middle Ages in England, and upon his return to the United States, he lectured for many years in the major towns and cities, giving almost 6,000 lectures in total. He obtained his LL.D. from the City University of New York in 1864. He taught history at Dartmouth College from 1866 to 1876.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 828
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 1471g
• ISBN-13: 9781161488296
• ISBN-10: 1161488294
• Artikelnr.: 30932438