Godly Hero The Life of William Jennings Bryan

Name: Godly Hero The Life of William Jennings Bryan
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ISBN: 9780385720564

ISBN-10: 0385720564

ISBN-13: 9780385720564

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael Kazin

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Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed biography- the first major reconsideration of Bryan's life in forty years- award-winning historian Michael Kazin illuminates his astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of religion and politics in which he rose to fame. Kazin vividly re-creates Bryan's tremendous appeal, showing how he won a passionate following among both rural and urban Americans, who saw in him not only the practical vision of a reform politician but also the righteousness of a pastor. Bryan did more than anyone to transform the Democratic Party from a bulwark of…

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List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.836



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Romance of Jefferson and Jesus



Education of a Hero, 1860-1890



Speaker in the House, 1891-1894



In the Armor of a Righteous Cause, 1895-1896



A Republic, Not an Empire, 1897-1900



I Have Kept the Faith, 1901-1904



Prophet on the Road



The Ordeal of Reform, 1906-1908



Conscience of the Party, 1909-1912



Bryan's People



Moralist at State, 1913-1915



Moralist in Retreat, 1916-1919



Save the Children, 1920-1925


Epilogue: The Fate of a Christian Liberal


Notes


Index