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This biography of Hayes recreates the rapidly changing world of Victorian America as experienced by one of its most reflective and perceptive figures. Hayes emerges as more progressive and far-sighted than previously suggested. The author argues that he was a pragmatic champion of equal rights.
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"We get to know the public man, best of the Gilded Age Republican presidents and among the most service-minded of ex-presidents. And it is a good visit."Reviews in American History
"This thorough, insightful, and fair-minded book earns for Hayes the enhanced reputation that is his due."Civil War History
"Hayes, the man and the president, receives a sympathetic but balanced portrait in this superb addition to the growing literature reevaluating political leaders of the Gilded Age."Journal of American History
"Gracefully written, lucidly organized deeply researched, and insightfully perceptive, the book is a model biography of an American President."Illinois Historical Journal
"Based on exhaustive research in the Hayes Presidential Center and numerous collateral collections. . . the definitive treatment of the subject."Journal of Southern History
"Hoogenbooms writing is pleasurably detailed without overwhelming the reader. The detailed personal portrait of Hayes, in some ways more interesting than his public accomplishments, is made possibly by the authors careful use of Haye's voluminous diaries and correspondence."Ohioana Quarterly
"All readers will appreciate Hoogenbooms larger view of the man and his time."Library Journal
"A definitive study."Choice
"Rutherford B. Hayes was an important president who has long deserved a full modern treatment of his career. Ari Hoogenbooms well-researched, engrossing, and multi-faceted account of Hayess life as a soldier and politician is a significant contribution to the historical literature on the American presidency. It is also a first-rate example of political biography at its best."Lewis L. Gould, author of The Presidency of William McKinley and The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
"From antislavery lawyer to Union general and Republican politician, Hayes's career was intertwined with the major issues of slavery, war, and reunion. As president he struggled with the issues of Reconstruction and the emerging industrial order, always seeking to do the right thing; as an ex-president, he endeavored to preserve the past and prepare for the future. In this comprehensive biography, Hoogenboom rescues Hayes from undeserved obscurity and tells us much not only about the man but also about the times in which he lived. Hoogenbooms skilled rendering of the life of the nineteenth president promises to be definitive, restoring Hayes to his rightful place in American history as a representative of his era."Brooks Simpson, author of Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 18611868
"Compels fresh respect for both the man and his times."Allan Peskin, author of Garfield
"An exceptional study: revisionist, comprehensive, and, to a surprising extent, relevant. A superb job."Les Fishel, former director of the Hayes Library
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Who was the real Rutherford B. Hayes? Was he a great or inconsequential president? How did his early life and career shape his later years? How did his triumphs and failures alter our history? And why should we care? Ari Hoogenboom's masterful life of Hayes definitively answers those questions and shows why our nineteenth president deserves far greater recognition than he's received in the past. The first biography of Hayes in nearly fifty years, Hoogenboom's book recreates the rapidly changing world of Victorian America as experienced by one of its most reflective and perceptive figures. The Hayes that emerges is a much more progressive and far-sighted leader than previously suggested. He was, Hoogenboom argues, neither a Southern sympathizer nor an exemplar of the "Greedy Gilded Age." Rather, he was a devout, pragmatic champion of equal rights. Hayes's colorful life was rooted in his frontier experiences in Ohio and galvanized on Civil War battlefields, where he survived five wounds and was ultimately promoted to major general. No other president was under fire on the front lines as much as Hayes. Hayes's image as president (1877-1881), however, has not been quite so shining. He has been blamed for Reconstruction's failure and damned for an apparent bargain that guaranteed his election in exchange for withdrawing military support of Republican governments in the South. He has also been criticized for championing the gold standard, for breaking the Great Strike of 1877, for inconsistent support of civil-service reform, and for being an ineffectual politician. Hoogenboom contends that these evaluations are largely false. Previous scholars, he says, have failed to appreciate Hayes's limited options and have misrepresented his actions in their depictions of an overly cautious, nonvisionary president. In fact, he was strikingly modern in his efforts to enlarge the power of the office, which he used as his own bully pulpit to rouse public support for his goals. Chief among these goals, Hoogenboom shows, was equality for all Americans. Throughout his presidency and long afterwards, Hayes worked steadfastly for reforms that would encourage economic opportunity, distribute wealth more equitably, diminish the conflict between capital and labor, and ultimately enable African-Americans to achieve political equality. Although he fell far short of his ideals, his unwavering commitment deserves our attention and respect. This biography of Hayes recreates the rapidly changing world of Victorian America as experienced by one of its most reflective and perceptive figures. Hayes emerges as more progressive and far-sighted than previously suggested. The author argues that he was a pragmatic champion of equal rights. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780700606412
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