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- Southern Biography Series
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Donald B. ColePublication Details
BookLouisiana State University Press2004Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E340.K33 C65 2004 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Kendall?s role in democratizing American politics is shown in a compelling narrative of his evolution from a republican idealist to a democratic individualist who contributed greatly to the rise of the Democratic party. In that sense, Cole demonstrates, Kendall was a man of his time, an era of unprecedented transformations in politics, economics, and technology. The first biography of Kendall, this superbly written and researched volume unfolds the rise of American democracy and the culture that created it. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
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- "A rare, fascinating personality emerges in Donald B. Cole’s biography of Amos Kendall (1789-1869), the reputed intellectual engine behind Andrew Jackson’s administration and an influential figure in the transformation of young America from an agrarian republic to a capitalist democracy. After helping Jackson win the election of 1828, Kendall became the president’s chief adviser - speech writer, postmaster general, and author of the famous veto of the bill to recharter the Bank of the United States. Born on a small Massachusetts farm and educated at Dartmouth, Kendall moved to Kentucky as a young man to seek his fortune and eventually became one of the very few nationally prominent antebellum politicians who successfully combined northern origins and southern experience."–BOOK JACKET
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- 0807129305
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