All the great prizes : the life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt /

John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history--from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War. Much of what we know about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt comes to us...

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Main Author: Taliaferro, John, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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