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The Gentleman Boss

By: Thomas Reeves

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“ ‘Chet’ Arthur President of the United States. Good God!” was perhaps the most pithy contemporary reaction to the accession of the twenty-first Chief Executive. It has certainly been the most enduring, even though Arthur himself has remained an enigma—in large part because this shrewd, secretive New Yorker saw to it that many of his private papers were destroyed shortly before he died. Drawing on a wealth of newly discovered documents, Thomas Reeves has no written the definitive, full-scale biography of Arthur, revising our inconsistent assumptions about both him and his era. He gives us, for the first time, the unknown facts about Arthur’s early life: how, before he entered the boss-dominated Republican Party under the tutelage of men like the notorious Roscoe Conkling, this son of an itinerant minister was a model of nineteenth-century youthful idealism, first as a beloved schoolteacher, then as a young lawyer directly involved in the abolitionist struggle, and finally, as a conscientious and honest Quartermaster General for New York during the Civil War. Reeves assiduously plots Arthur’s consistently successful career as a master dealer in patronage and electioneering as a survivor among connivers—a career that culminated in his nomination as James Garfield’s Vice-President and, when Garfield was assassinated, his own White House inauguration, in spite of the great scandal attending his removal from the directorship of the New York Customhouse and the revelation that Garfield’s assassin claimed to be an Arthur supporter. As Reeves makes abundantly clear, this spoilsman supreme, who personified the worst gaudy excesses of the Gilded Age, administered the laws of the land honorably and even disinterestedly—to the chagrin of his fellow bosses and henchmen. Attacked by both Republican friends (the Stalwarts) and Republican foes (the Half-Breeds) and weakened by the fatal Bright’s disease (a fact that was only made public by Reeves himself in 1972), Arthur worked to eliminate extravagant government expenditures, enacted and enforced civil service reform (thus undermining the basis of his own public life), assisted in the birth of a modern navy, and initiated an aggressive, expansionist foreign policy that set precedents for later administrations. Above all, Reeves concludes, Arthur provided calm and reassurance to a nation shocked by Garfield’s murder and beset by recurrent economic depression. Beyond its illuminating portrait of the life and fortunes of Chester Alan Arthur, Gentleman Boss gives a telling account of the politics and politicos that shaped Arthur’s world—the corruption of the Grant, Hayes, and Garfield administrations, as well as Arthur’s own; the civil service reform movement; the internal wars fought within the GOP and the government between the factions led by the vain, caustic, and arrogant Roscoe Conkling and his unrelenting competitor for “office and plunder,” James G. Blaine, the Plumed Knight from Maine—a world where “men manipulated, plotted, and stole for power and prestige and the riches that bought both.

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0307828913

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Beware the People Weeping

Public Opinion and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

By: Thomas Reed Turner

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Beware the People Weeping

Public Opinion and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

By: Thomas Reed Turner

The first killing of a president in American history, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln shook the nation to its foundations with grief and rage. With one bullet the brief period of good feeling at the end of the Civil War was over. By 1867 the initial belief that the Confederate leadership had engineered the assassination had given way to speculation that Andrew Johnson had been behind the conspiracy. This was followed by bitter attacks on the military trial and on the defense of its two most prominent “victims,” Mrs. Surratt and Dr. Mudd. Most recently, there have been attempts to show that it was the radical faction of Lincoln’s own party that arranged his death. In Beware the People Weeping, Thomas Reed Turner pushes away the elaborate conspiracy theories that have always surrounded Lincoln’s death and uncovers exactly what can be known about the murder and its aftermath. Finding that many historians have worked in ignorance of the context of the events, or distorted the evidence to suit their own ideas about political assassination, Turner looks instead to public opinion of the time—as reflected in newspapers, diaries, letters, sermons, and transcripts of the pretrial investigation and the trial itself—to understand how and why the public and the military reacted as they did. Probing the aftermath of the assassination, Turner tells of the spontaneous outpouring of rage and despair, the reaction in the defeated South, the almost universal conviction that the South was behind the plot, the actions of the authorities in tracking the conspirators, and the trials of the suspects, including that of John Surratt in 1867. A close look at these confused events and an untangling of the controversies that arose in their wake, Beware the People Weeping strips away more than a century of speculation to retell with hard facts the history of Abraham Lincoln’s death.

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LSU Press

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0807117226

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The Darkest Dawn

Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy

By: Thomas Goodrich

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The Darkest Dawn

Lincoln, Booth, and the Great American Tragedy

By: Thomas Goodrich

The story of the Lincoln assassination and its aftermath, captured with you-are-there immediacy. It was one of the most tragic events in American history: The famous president, beloved by many, reviled by some, murdered while viewing a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington. The frantic search for the perpetrators. The nation in mourning. The solemn funeral train. The conspirators brought to justice. Coming just days after the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has become etched in the national consciousness like few other events. The president who had steered the nation through its bloodiest crisis was cut down before the end, just as it appeared that the bloodshed was over. The story has been told many times, but rarely with the immediacy of The Darkest Dawn. Thomas Goodrich brings to his narrative the care of the historian and the flair of the fiction writer. The result is a gripping account, filled with detail and as fresh as today’s news. “Among the hundreds of books published about the assassination of our 16th president, this is an exceptional volume.” —Frank J. Williams, founding Chair of The Lincoln Forum

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Indiana University Press

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0253111323

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9780253111326

Determination of Anions

A Guide for the Analytical Chemist

By: Thomas R. Crompton

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Determination of Anions

A Guide for the Analytical Chemist

By: Thomas R. Crompton

The author has drawn together almost all published methods since 1975 on the determination of anions in all types of matrices. He presents the methods in a logical manner so that the reader can quickly gain access to the method and types of instrumentation available.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642614191

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9783642614194

Burnham of Chicago

Architect and Planner

By: Thomas S. Hines

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Burnham of Chicago

Architect and Planner

By: Thomas S. Hines

Daniel Burnham was the man who is largely responsible for the appearance of Chicago today, particularly the lakefront parks. With his partner, John W. Root, he designed and built the first skyscrapers and the World's Columbian Exposition.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226341712

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Avenging Lincoln’s Death

The Trial of John Wilkes Booth’s Accomplices

By: Thomas J. Reed

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Avenging Lincoln’s Death

The Trial of John Wilkes Booth’s Accomplices

By: Thomas J. Reed

Avenging Lincoln’s Death: The Trial of John Wilkes Booth’s Accomplices is an examination of the 1865 military commission trial of eight alleged accomplices of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin who murdered President Abraham Lincoln. The book analyzes the trial transcript and other relevant evidence relating to the guilt of Booth’s alleged accomplices, as well as a careful application of basic constitutional law principles to the jurisdiction of the military commission and the fundamental fairness of the trial. The author found that the military commission trial was unconstitutional and unfair because Congress never authorized trial by military commission for these eight civilians. President Johnson exceeded the scope of his authority as commander in chief by ordering the accomplices to be tried by military commission. He failed to follow the Habeas Corpus Act of 1863 that required him to turn over the alleged accomplices to civilian authorities for prosecution. The accomplices were convicted on perjured testimony and the Government was allowed to drag in unrelated evidence of Confederate atrocities to poison the minds of the panel of officers.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1611478286

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9781611478280

American Presidents Attend the Theatre

The Playgoing Experiences of Each Chief Executive

By: Thomas A. Bogar

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American Presidents Attend the Theatre

The Playgoing Experiences of Each Chief Executive

By: Thomas A. Bogar

Not every presidential visit to the theatre is as famous as Lincoln's last night at Ford's, but American presidents attended the theatre long before and long after that ill-fated night. In 1751, George Washington saw his first play, The London Merchant, during a visit to Barbados. John Quincy Adams published dramatic critiques. William McKinley avoided the theatre while in office, on professional as well as moral grounds. Richard Nixon met his wife at a community theatre audition. Surveying 255 years, this volume examines presidential theatre-going as it has reflected shifting popular tastes in America.

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McFarland

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1476606803

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9781476606804

The Memory Advantage

Improve Your Memory, Mood, and Confidence Throughout Life

By: Thomas Crook

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The Memory Advantage

Improve Your Memory, Mood, and Confidence Throughout Life

By: Thomas Crook

Dr. Thomas Crook is a major contributor in the field of memory research and The Memory Advantage shares his wealth of knowledge in a handy, easy to read guide that provides you with everything you need to know, to repair, and maintain the mechanisms in your brain which help you stay sharp and focused.The research shows, that once you are past 25 your mental capacity has begun to wane, so it's not simply the older generation that can benefit from this knowledge. The Memory Advantage is for every adult who wishes to take an active role in improving his or her mental fitness and keeping it that way for life! This is the first publication to incorporate the facts and findings with simple exercises and lifestyle recommendations that will get you back on track!The Memory Advantage delivers it all, in a single volume, everything you need to know to care for our most powerful and important tool and get the most out of life!

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Select Books (NY)

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1590791096

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9781590791097

How to Remember Names

By: Thomas Crook,Christine Allison

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How to Remember Names

By: Thomas Crook,Christine Allison

A proven, easy, immediate method for remembering names, numbers, lists . . . and where you put your glasses. Dr. Crook presents a simple and highly entertaining guide with quick techniques for remembering names and improving memory in all aspects of day-to-day life. One of the only guides available that truly empowers readers with a wide range of new mnemonic powers. Photographs.

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0060923687

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Book's by Thomas H. Crook

The Gentleman Boss

The Gentleman Boss

Beware the People Weeping

Beware the People Weeping

The Darkest Dawn

The Darkest Dawn

Determination of Anions

Determination of Anions

Burnham of Chicago

Burnham of Chicago

Avenging Lincoln’s Death

Avenging Lincoln’s Death

American Presidents Attend the Theatre

American Presidents Attend the Theatre

The Memory Advantage

The Memory Advantage

How to Remember Names

How to Remember Names

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