The True Daniel Webster - Couverture rigide

Fisher, Sydney George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1434465195 ISBN 13 : 9781434465191

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2023

Synopsis

A "True" Biographies and Histories.The aim of this unique series of biographies and histories is to present in entertaining form, free from glamor, some of the greatest characters and epochs in our national history, and with as close fidelity to the truth as can be gleaned from the conflicting record of events.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Preface THE material for a life of Webster is largely contained in his speeches and letters. For nearly two generations after his death the principal collection of these was an edition of his speeches in six volumes, published in 1851, edited by his lifelong friend, felloworator and pupil, Edward Everett, and two volumes of his letters edited by his son Fletcher Webster. These contained by no means all his writings, most of which in their original manuscript form have been concentrated in the New Hampshire Historical Society, at Concord, which is the richest collection of them, and the Sanborn collection in New York. The Greenough collection at Washington consists principally of letters from Web ster scorrespondents. There are, of course, numerous letters still owned by individuals, and, unfortunately, large numbers of probably valuable letters, like those to his daughter Julia and to his English correspondents, have been lost or destroyed. In 1902 Mr. C. H. Van Tyne edited a large volume of most interesting letters from these various sources arranged so as to reveal Webster as the politician, statesman, farmer, sportsman, and in other phases of his life. In the following year the same publishers who had brought out the six-volume edition of his speeches in 1851 issued the National Edition of all his writings, both letters and speeches, in eighteen volumes. This edition, an admirable piece of book making, contains even his boyish compositions; and while not including literally everything, has thrown an immense additional light upon his life and opinions.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1434465195
• ISBN 13: 9781434465191
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 545
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible