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Author Cole, Donald B.

Title A Jackson man : Amos Kendall and the rise of American democracy / Donald B. Cole.

Imprint Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.56 K331Bc 2004    ---  Available
Description xii, 332 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Series Southern biography series
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) and index.
Contents Dunstable -- New worlds -- Down the Ohio -- A Yankee in Kentucky -- Political editor -- The relief war -- The court war -- Jackson -- Reform -- Party battles -- The kitchen cabinet -- The bank veto -- Removing the deposits -- Postmaster general -- Van Buren -- Private life -- The telegraph -- Telegraph consolidation -- Philanthropist and war Democrat.
Subject Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869.
Politicians -- Southern States -- Biography.
Journalists -- Kentucky -- Biography.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
ISBN 0807129305 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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