William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country /
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| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Excelsior editions
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Table of Contents:
- Tragedy in Malone
- The making of a "cultivated" man
- Love and the new district attorney
- "Here lies an honest man"
- "Old hunkerism" is dead
- A "mere act of justice"
- "Grinding" it out in Albany
- A pen "dipped in gall"
- An early morning knock on the door
- Suddenly, a "junior partner"
- A sporting gentleman gets the itch
- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth"
- "Ho! For California"
- Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth"
- "Common justice" for the south
- Returning the salary grab
- No "unproductive and useless park"
- An "earnest champion of the right"
- The "New York Lincoln"
- "God's hand is in this work"
- "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!"
- "As righteous as an edict of God"
- "A wild and joyous time"
- The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs"
- "The machine always slaughters its new converts"
- Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury"
- U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross
- U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire
- "Distressing malady of my bladder"
- Negotiating "simple justice"
- Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity.