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An American success story about the life of William Almon Wheeler, a poor boy from northern New York who became the nineteenth vice president of the United States.

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Author:   Herbert C. Hallas
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   Excelsior Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9781438448121

ISBN 10:   1438448120
Pages:   365
Publication Date:   01 December 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Tragedy in Malone 2. The Making of a ""Cultivated"" Man 3. Love and the New District Attorney 4. ""Here Lies an Honest Man"" 5. ""Old Hunkerism"" Is Dead 6. A ""Mere Act of Justice"" 7. ""Grinding"" It Out in Albany 8. A Pen ""Dipped in Gall"" 9. An Early-Morning Knock on the Door 10. Suddenly, a ""Junior Partner"" 11. A Sporting Gentleman Gets the Itch 12. ""True to Our Trust, True to Ourselves, and True to Truth"" 13. ""Ho! For California"" 14. Spreading ""Law, Order, Population, Industry and Wealth"" 15. ""Common Justice"" for the South 16. Returning the Salary Grab 17. No ""Unproductive and Useless Park"" 18. An ""Earnest Champion of the Right"" 19. The ""New York Lincoln"" 20. ""God's Hand Is in This Work"" 21. ""Hayes the True and Wheeler, Too!"" 22. ""As Righteous as an Edict of God"" 23. ""A Wild and Joyous Time"" 24. The Frozen Snake and the ""Greatest of Humbugs"" 25. ""The Machine Always Slaughters Its New Converts"" 26. Delivering a ""Paroxysm"" of Partisan Fury 27. U.S. Senate Election Round One: The Double-Cross 28. U.S. Senate Election Round Two: Caught in a Crossfire 29. ""Distressing Malady of My Bladder"" 30. Negotiating ""Simple Justice"" Epilogue: From ""Sterling Gold"" to Neurotic Timidity Notes Bibliography Index"

Reviews

"""Herbert C. Hallas's biography of Wheeler is a robust, scholarly, thorough account ... With this book, Hallas has done much to restore Wheeler to his proper standing. He has performed prodigious labors of original research and tells the story of a distinguished New Yorker with whom we should all be better acquainted."" - Adirondack Explorer ""Herb Hallas' new book debunks many of the myths about Wheeler and sheds light on the creation of the Adirondack and Niagara Falls parks."" - North Country Public Radio ""Hallas weaves Wheeler's life with national political events thereby illustrating the importance of the North Country and its people to the country as a whole. He has effectively re-introduced a powerful political figure who has been overshadowed by other larger-than-life figures of the nineteenth century."" - Thomas Price, Curator, James K. Polk Ancestral Home"

Hallas weaves Wheeler s life with national political events thereby illustrating the importance of the North Country and its people to the country as a whole. He has effectively re-introduced a powerful political figure who has been overshadowed by other larger-than-life figures of the nineteenth century. Thomas Price, Curator, James K. Polk Ancestral Home

Author Information

Herbert C. Hallas is a retired high school teacher and lawyer. He lives on Long Island.

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