Life Of John Hay
February 18, 2008 Antiquarian No Comments
The Life And Letters of John Hay In Two Volumes/A Complete Set
by William Roscoe Thayer
1915 Eleventh Impression Published by Houghton Mifflin Company
illustrated with Black and White Plates Blank on the Reverse
Very Good and Very Good/No Dustjackets and No Slipcase
A Nice Complete 2 Volume Set,Some Pages Remain Uncut/Unread
Volumes Are 8-3/4″ Tall In Dark,Dark Green Cloth Hardcover,,Lettered In Gilt at the Spines,,Top Edges Gilt and Deckled Edges
904 Numbered Pages In Total/Complete Tight Contents
Contents For Volume One:
Beginnings
Life At Brown University
The Poet In Exile
The New Life
First Months In The White House
War In Earnest
Errands North and South
The Great Companion
The Roving Diplomat-Paris
Washington During Reconstruction
The Roving Diplomat- Vienna
The Roving Diplomat-Spain
Journalism
Authorship
Friendships
Politics
Contents For Volume 2:
The Bread Winners
Abraham Lincoln: A History
The Washington Circle
Letters To Henry Adams
Letters To Henry Adams (continued)
Major McKinley
Hay’s Ambassadorship
Enter Hay Secretary of State
Alaska: The First Canal Treaty
The Boxer Ordeal And The Open Door
Lights And Shadows
The German Menace Looms Up
The Republic Of Panama
Theodore Roosevelt Sketched by John Hay
Hay’s Last Labors
Conclusion
Index
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