A righteous cause: The life of William Jennings Bryan (Library of American biography) - Softcover

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9780316138567: A righteous cause: The life of William Jennings Bryan (Library of American biography)

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ISBN 10: 0316138568 ISBN 13: 9780316138567

In this astute biography, Bryan emerges as the embodiment of many of the major social patterns, reform movements, and political issues from the end of the Civil War to the mid-1920s

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Review:

"A succinct study in which the author combines a knowledge of the standard works in the field with original research and new insights and analysis. . . . His book is a serious and intelligent one that students, scholars, and a general public can read with pleasure and profit."--Martin Ridge, "Annals of Iowa"

"The best short biography of Bryan. . . . Cherny's treatment of Bryan and Darrow at the Scopes trial is fair, and his concluding chapter, 'Evaluating a Crusader, ' is very well balanced."--Ferenc M. Szasz, "Ohio History"

"Cherny has traced Bryan's life in short compass and in a fashion that works well for the student and general reader."--R. Hal Williams, " Western Historical Quarterly"

-A succinct study in which the author combines a knowledge of the standard works in the field with original research and new insights and analysis. . . . His book is a serious and intelligent one that students, scholars, and a general public can read with pleasure and profit.---Martin Ridge, Annals of Iowa

-The best short biography of Bryan. . . . Cherny's treatment of Bryan and Darrow at the Scopes trial is fair, and his concluding chapter, 'Evaluating a Crusader, ' is very well balanced.---Ferenc M. Szasz, Ohio History

-Cherny has traced Bryan's life in short compass and in a fashion that works well for the student and general reader.---R. Hal Williams, Western Historical Quarterly

About the Author:

Robert W. Cherny is Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Populism, Progressivism, and the Transformation of Nebraska Politics, 1885-1915, American Politics in the Gilded Age, 1868-1900 and coauthor of Competing Visions: A History of California and Making America: A History of the United States.

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