AMBASSADORIAL DIARIES: THE COURT OF ST. JAMES'S 1918-1921
Language: English
Published by West Virginia University Press, Morgantown, W. Va, 1993
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Ex Library book and has stickers or markings as such. No writing or markings other then from the library, All pages intact and clean, shows minor signs of wear from use. Great reading copy, Save money and recycle books! Shipped with care in a bubble mailer. --- John W. Davis served as United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's from 1918 to 1921, and this volume presents his daily record of that tenure. Edited by his daughter Julia Davis and published by West Virginia University Press in 1993, the diary covers the immediate aftermath of the First World War, the closing period of Woodrow Wilson's presidency, the Russian Revolution, the Irish question, and the early jockeying over international oil interests. Davis, a West Virginia Democrat, would later receive his party's presidential nomination in 1924, losing to Calvin Coolidge. His entries record encounters with British and American officials, diplomats, and public figures of the postwar moment, and the volume names several thousand individuals across its pages, a feature of note to genealogists and biographers alongside diplomatic historians.…
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- Title
- AMBASSADORIAL DIARIES: THE COURT OF ST. JAMES'S 1918-1921
- Author
- DAVIS, JULIA; FLEMING, DOLORE A.
- Publisher
- West Virginia University Press, Morgantown, W. Va
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Good
- Book Type
- Ex-Library
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0937058270
- ISBN 13
- 9780937058275
- Item weight
- 3.6 pounds
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 14.0 x 4.0 inches
John W. Davis (1873-1955) was the most important national politician to call West Virginia home. Nominated for president by the Democratic Party in 1924, Davis lost to the incumbent Calvin Coolidge. This diary is an engaging day-by-day account of Davis's service as U.S. ambassador to England at a pivotal point in modern history. The recent World War and Russian Revolution, the new thirst for oil, the old strife in Ireland, and the final days of the Wilson presidency fill this diary with enduring significance. Davis also offers a look at the personalities which shaped the post-war world and describes the pageantry and social life of America's most coveted ambassadorial assignment.
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About the Author
Julia Davis was the daughter of John W. Davis and lived in Charles Town, West Virginia, until the time of her death in 1993 at the age of 92. Dolores A. Fleming is a historian living in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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