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Praise for H. Paul Jeffers An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of GroverCleveland "A well-written and timely book that reminds us of GroverCleveland?s courage, commitment, and honesty at a time when thesequalities seem so lacking in so much of American politics." ?JamesMacGregor Burns, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National BookAward Colonel Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt Goes to War, 1879-1898 "A handsome narrative of a crucial period in the career of one ofour country?s most colorful politicians." ?Publishers Weekly Commissioner Roosevelt: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt and the NewYork City Police, 1895-1897 "A lively, entertaining, and well-researched portrait of a zealousreformer during the historic crusade that successfully launched hiscareer in government." ?Publishers Weekly
This study explains the parallel development of urbanization and modernization in late nineteenth-century American society, demonstrating how the successful features of big-city life spread across the country and transformed towns all over America.
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A knockout biography of John L. Sullivan that puts the fabled boxing champ squarely in the context of his rough-and-tumble times. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, including the scandalous National Police Gazette, Isenberg (History/Annapolis) recounts how Sullivan brawled his way from a working-class background in Boston's Irish ghetto to the top of the prizefighting world.
In this first critical biography of Preston Sturges, Diane Jacobs brings to life the great comic filmmaker whose career Andrew Sarris described as "one of the most brilliant and bizarre bursts of creation in the history of the American cinema." Jacobs uses letters and manuscripts never before revealed, as well as interviews with people who knew Sturges—including three of his wives—to portray this fascinating, contradictory man. In addition to discussing his major films, she also examines heretofore unknown work and shows that Sturges was highly creative even near the end of his life, a time when many believed he had lost his touch. Sturges secured his place in film history as the creator...
Mark Bernstein shows that much of the culture that surrounds American football, both good and bad, has its roots in the Ivy League. With their long winning streaks, distinctive traditions, and impressive victories, Ivy teams started a national obsession with football in the first decades of the twentieth century that remains alive today. In so doing they have helped develop our ideals about the role of athletics in college life.