The Triumph of William Mckinley : : why the Election of 1896 Still Matters

Rove, Karl. Book - 2015 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

AADL has no copies of this item

Sense of Duty -- Early Beginnings -- Political Apprenticeship -- Rise and Fall -- Three Steps Closer, One Step Back -- Resurrection -- The Major's War Plan -- Audacious First Strike -- The People Against the Bosses -- Democrats Fall Apart -- Maneuvering -- The Battles Begin -- McKinley Gains Traction -- High Stakes in Springfield -- Last-Minute Attacks Before St. Louis -- Battle for an Idea -- Credentials and Currency Fights -- GOP Convention -- Republicans' Shaky Start -- The Silver Edge -- The Logic of the Situation -- Cross of Gold -- Change Course or Fail -- Three Revolts -- The Front-Porch Campaign -- Message for the Workingman -- Closing Arguments -- Coercion and Farm Prices -- McKinley's Triumph -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo Credits.
Examines "President William McKinley, whose 1896 campaign ended a bitter period of political gridlock and reformed and modernized his party, thereby creating a governing majority that dominated American politics for the next thirty-six years"--Amazon.com.

REVIEWS & SUMMARIES

Library Journal Review
Summary / Annotation
Table of Contents
Fiction Profile
Excerpt
Author Notes

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

No community reviews. Write one below!

PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: viii, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781476752952
1476752958
9781476752969
1476752966

SUBJECTS
McKinley, William, -- 1843-1901.
Bryan, William Jennings, -- 1860-1925.
Presidents -- Election -- 1896.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1893-1897.
Biographies.