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1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
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Excelsior editions
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Tragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! For California" -- Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth" -- "Common justice" for the south -- Returning the salary grab -- No "unproductive and useless park" -- An "earnest champion of the right" -- The "New York Lincoln" -- "God's hand is in this work" -- "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!" -- "As righteous as an edict of God" -- "A wild and joyous time" -- The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs" -- "The machine always slaughters its new converts" -- Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury" -- U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross -- U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire -- "Distressing malady of my bladder" -- Negotiating "simple justice" -- Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity. |
Note |
Description based on print version record. |
Subject |
Wheeler, William A. (William Almon), 1819-1887.
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1877-1881.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1869-1877.
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New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
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Malone (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hallas, Herbert C. William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013] xv, 349 pages Excelsior editions 9781438448121 (DLC) 2012044465 |
ISBN |
9781438448121 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781438448114 (electronic bk.) |
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