Democracy's lawyer : Felix Grundy of the Old Southwest /
A central political figure in the first post-Revolutionary generation, Felix Grundy (17751840) epitomized the American democrat who so famously fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. Born and reared on the isolated frontier, Grundy rose largely by his own ability to become the Old Southwest©s greatest c...
| Основен автор: | Heller, J. Roderick 1937- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
℗♭2010.
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| Серия: |
Southern biography series.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=332170 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Democracy's lawyer. |
| Резюме: |
A central political figure in the first post-Revolutionary generation, Felix Grundy (17751840) epitomized the American democrat who so famously fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. Born and reared on the isolated frontier, Grundy rose largely by his own ability to become the Old Southwest©s greatest criminal lawyer and one of the first radical political reformers in the fledgling United States. In Democracy©s Lawyer, the first comprehensive biography of Grundy since 1940, J. Roderick Heller reveals how Grundy©s life typifies the archetypal, postfounding fathers generation that forged America©s. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 357 pages, [10] pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807137420 0807137421 0807135887 9780807135884 9780807146095 0807146099 |