All the great prizes : the life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
x, 673 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 613- 642) and index.
Description
John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history--from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War. Much of what we know about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt comes to us through the observations Hay made while private secretary to one and secretary of state to the other. Hay's friends included virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the country's major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the twentieth century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, the establishment of America as a world leader. But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was Hay's best friend, Henry Adams. Here is the epic tale of one of the most amazing figures in American history.--From publisher description.
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