In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted ...
... Andrew Johnson . The truth is , Mr. Lincoln had no illusions about Johnson . He knew the real man , and his distrust ... in author- ized interviews explicitly denied that his visit had any connection with the vice - presidency . He ...
This new biography of Sinclair underscores his place in the American story as a social, political, and cultural force, a man who more than any other disrupted and documented his era in the name of social justice.
In this moving biography, Peter Martin assesses Boswell's literary achievements and uncovers the pulsating and dynamic world he thrived in, from the royal courts and the drawing rooms of fashionable ladies and gentlemen to the fleshpots of ...
... Andrew Johnson Trial : The Consciences of Seven Republicans Save Johnson ” . http : // law . jrank.org/pages/13490/Andrew-Johnson-Trial.html 516 " The Trial of Andrew Johnson , 1868 " . http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/john.htm ...
... Andrew Johnson, speech at Baltimore, March 20, 1863, in The Papers of Andrew Johnson, vol. 6, 1862–1864, ed. Leroy P ... in author's possession. On the extreme contingency of the period, see Roark, Masters without Slaves, p. 206 ...
... Andrew Johnson with Congress the constant contention of the President was , that the laws which Congress had passed ... in author- ity and influence and himself afterward a President , held that the Supreme Court could determine ...