Will McLean Greeley

A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington

Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Produktbeschreibung

A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington puts Senator George P. McLean's victory for birds in the context of his distinguished forty-five-year career marked by many acts of reform during a time of widespread corruption and political instability.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9781939125996
• ISBN-10: 1939125995
• Artikelnr.: 66772168

Autorenporträt

Will McLean Greeley

Inhaltsangabe

Preface i Acknowledgmentsix Introduction: A Midlife Comeback (1905) xi Part
One: Simsbury, Connecticut Chapter One: Old Days, Old Ways 1 Chapter Two:
Climbing the Ladder 23 Chapter Three: A Little Help from His Friends 55
Chapter Four: Reform Governor 71 Chapter Five: A Time to Heal 85 Chapter
Six: Seeking the US Senate 109 Part Two: Washington, DC Chapter Seven:
Enter Listening 123 Chapter Eight: Saving the Birds 147 Chapter Nine:
Working with Wilson 173 Chapter Ten: The Good Ship Normalcy 205 Chapter
Eleven: Closing with Coolidge 229 Part Three: Going Home Chapter Twelve:
Coming Full Circle 255 Epilogue 275 Bibliography 281 Index 295 Colophon 317