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This condensed version of Lawrence Goodwyn's Democratic Promise, the highly-acclaimed study on American Populism which the Civil Liberties Review called "a brilliant, comprehensive study," offers new political language designed to provide a fresh means of assessing both democracy and... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Charles Macune: Add a description of this character.
- William Jennings Bryan
- Herman Taubeneck
- William Lamb
- Tom Watson
- S. O. Daws
- William Allen
- Weaver
- Donnelly
- L. L. Polk
- Sewall
- Evan Jones
- Hogg
- Tillman
- Dunlap
- Ashby
- Henry Vincent
- William Mckinley
- Jerry Simpson
- Reuben Kolb
- Henry Loucks
- Marion Butler
- Alliancemen
- Nugent
- Harvey
- Harry Tracy
- Byron
- Winfield
- Mark Hanna
- Jay Gould
- Grange
- J. M. Perdue
- Waite
- Laughlin
- Eugene Debs
Setting & Locations edit
- East Texas
- Arkansas
- America
- Nebraska
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Washington
- St. Louis
- Mississippi
- South Carolina
- Illinois
- North Carolina
- Chicago
- Waco
- Dallas
- Minnesota
- Louisiana
- Cleburne
- Virginia
- South Dakota
- Omaha
- Iowa
- Colorado
- Tennessee
- Florida
- New York
- Midwest
- Ocala
- Missouri
- United States
- Cincinnati
- Oregon
- Memphis
- California
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Cowley County
- Appomattox
- Kentucky
- Indiana
- Nevada
- Ohio River
- Dakotas
- Rochdale
- Great Southwest Strike
- Pennsylvania
- Fort Worth
First Sentence edit
He was the largest landholder...in one county and Justice of the Peace in the next and election commissioner in both, and hence the fountainhead if not of law at least of advise and suggestion. ...He was a farmer, a usurer, a veterinarian; Judge Benbow of Jefferson once said of him that a mildermannered man never bled a mule or stuffed a ballot box.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lawrence Goodwyn (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 329.88009
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Theology
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
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