The price of honor : the life and times of George Brinton McClellan Jr /

This biography of George Brinton McClellan Jr., son of the Civil War general by the same name, a congressman, and mayor of New York (1904-1910), studies political courage and honor. The study emphasizes McClellan's six years as mayor, but also covers his youth, relationship with the general, hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mulrine, M. Barbara, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Madison, N.J.] : Lanham, Md. : Farleigh Dickinson University Press ; Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield, ©2011.
Temas:
McClellan, George B. > (George Brinton), > 1865-1940.
McClellan, George B. > (George Brinton), > 1865-1940
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
1898-1951
Mayors > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
College teachers > New Jersey > Princeton > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
College teachers
Mayors
Politics and government
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) > Administration > 1898-1951.
New Jersey > Princeton
New York (State) > New York
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This biography of George Brinton McClellan Jr., son of the Civil War general by the same name, a congressman, and mayor of New York (1904-1910), studies political courage and honor. The study emphasizes McClellan's six years as mayor, but also covers his youth, relationship with the general, his career as a reporter, years as a congressman, and his post-political career, which included his tenure as an economics history professor at Princeton, his brief Army career during World War I, his retirement years in Washington, DC, and burial in Arlington Cemetery.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781611470611
1611470617

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