The Schenectadians - Softcover

Gardner, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595137237 ISBN 13: 9780595137237

Publisher: iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

A young, idealistic minister, and a stonecutters son, two men merged in destiny.The former - driven by the abuses of a new industrial age at the turn of the century - from the pulpit to founding a crusading newspaper, election as the first Socialist mayor in New York State, then Democrat congressman, lieutenant governor and to the threshold of the presidency.The latter from the mats of a local college and sawdust of the carnival to two world wrestling championships, a hometown hero and, for a third of a century, an areas Mr. Democrat.A story of two men - a father and son-in-law - and a city, but more so a story of family, its joys in success, its heartbreaks in loss. A readable episode in a citys history, but more so an inspiration to sons and daughters everywhere.George R. Lunn urged more biographies and autobiographies, . . . for in them we touch life in a peculiar and intimate way . . . We find history, we find philosophy, we find religion . . . We are touching life in its most vital reality, and where can we find greater wisdom than by reading the actual conflicts of men and women in this workaday world?

About this title

About the Author

George Richard Lunn Gardner was born and raised in Schenectady, N.Y., and graduated the University of Rochester in 1961. He was a newspaper reporter and editor for 16 years before settling in Southern Vermont and St. Augustine, Florida as a Realtor. George and his wife, Sally, have three grown children.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595137237
• ISBN 13: 9780595137237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296