American Founders And American Leaders: Beacon Lights of History
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1885. Volume Six of Eight. This volume contains Part I. American Founders and Part II. American Leaders. The Beacon Lights of History is a series of lectures by Dr. Lord, who has been called the artistic historian, setting forth the great epochs and master minds of civilization-a biographical history of the world's life. Contents Part I. The American Idea; Benjamin Franklin: Diplomacy; George Washington: The American Revolution; Alexander Hamilton: American Constitution; John Adams: Constructive Statesmanship; Thomas Jefferson: Popular Sovereignty; John Marshall by John Bassett Moore: The Supreme Court; and Lafayette: Hero of Two Nations. Contents Part II. Andrew Jackson: Personal Politics; Henry Clay: Compromise Legislation; Daniel Webster: The American Union; John C. Calhoun: The Slavery Question; Abraham Lincoln: Civil War and Preservation of the Union; Robert E. Lee: The Southern Confederacy by E. Benjamin Andrews; Ulysses S. Grant: The Restored Union; John Hay: Golden Rule Diplomacy; and The New Nation. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
American Founders And American Leaders: Beacon Lights of History,John Lord,Kessinger Publishing,1417942924,History,History - General History,History: World,World - General
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