PRIVATE JOHN ALLEN, GENTLEMAN, STATESMAN, SAGE, PROPHET. [Biography of Tupelo, Mississippi politician John Mills Allen.]

Published by Decatur, GA: privately published by the author and printed by Bowen Press, 1951.

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First edition (not stated). xx, 189 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25 x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with slight scuffing at edges. Blue cloth with bright silver stamped spine lettering. Some foxing/toning to text block edges and endpapers; faint foxing affecting some interior pages. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With eight b/w plates on unpaged leaves. Biography of Tupelo, Mississippi Congressman John Mills Allen (1846-1917) who served eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 1885 to March 1901 and was widely lauded for his humorous rhetoric. Gentry includes numerous Allen quips from various campaign and House speeches as well as with anecdotal exchanges with other members of the Mississippi congressional delegation including Senator Pat Harrison and fellow Representative John Sharp Williams. Allen served as a private in the Confederate Army, graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi in 1870, served as a District Attorney for the first judicial district of Mississippi from 1875 to 1879, and was a charter member of the American Bar Association. {MS-Shelf#5}. …

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Title
PRIVATE JOHN ALLEN, GENTLEMAN, STATESMAN, SAGE, PROPHET. [Biography of Tupelo, Mississippi politician John Mills Allen.]
Author
Gentry, Claude [Reginald Claude Gentry], 1902-1992. [John Mills Allen, 1846-1917.]
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Decatur, GA: privately published by the author and printed by Bowen Press, 1951.
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