Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
1. "Ain't You Glad You Joined the Republicans?" 1854-1865 -- 2. The Fall of the Radicals -- The Rise of the GOP 1866-1894 -- 3. "That Damned Cowboy!" -- The Amazing Accident of Teddy Roosevelt 1896-1919 -- 4. Boom! Bust! -- FDR Buries the GOP 1920-1944 -- 5. Cold Warriors -- I Like Ike! Nixon's the One! The Great Communicator! 1946-1992 -- Postscript: Republican Sunrise. |
Summary |
John Calvin Batchelor's "Ain't You Glad You Joined the Republicans?" (Abraham Lincoln's 1860 campaign slogan) is the truth, and nothing but the unbelievable truth, of the Grand Old Party of the Republic. Born in the cataclysm of the antislavery movement, the Republican Party was from the first - and remains today - the most successful revolutionary party in the history of democracy. And the Party's story - from Lincoln to Teddy Roosevelt to Nixon, Reagan, and Gingrich - is the pageant of American politics. Using primary sources long overlooked by traditional historians and employing a novelist's eye and ear for the telling detail, Batchelor, in his sweeping narrative, encompasses one and a half centuries of Republican battle and paradox. |
Subject |
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History.
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) (OCoLC)fst00544975
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
0805032673 (alk. paper) |
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9780805032673 (alk. paper) |
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