Democracy's Lawyer : Felix Grundy of the Old Southwest /

A central political figure in the first post-Revolutionary generation, Felix Grundy (17751840) epitomized the American democrat who so famously fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. Born and reared on the isolated frontier, Grundy rose largely by his own ability to become the Old SouthwestAEs greatest c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heller, J. Roderick (John Roderick), 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jackson, Andrew, > 1767-1845.
Grundy, Felix, > 1777-1840.
Jackson, Andrew, > 1767-1845 > Friends and associates.
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
États-Unis. > Congress. > Senate > Biographies.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Legislators.
Lawyers.
Friendship.
Attorneys general.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Procureurs generaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Attorneys general > United States > Biography.
Lawyers > Southwest, Old > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States > Old Southwest.
United States.
Tennessee.
Kentucky.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1783-1865 > Biographies.
Kentucky > Biographies.
Tennessee > Biographies.
États-Unis (Vieux Sud-Ouest) > Biographies.
United States > History > 1783-1865 > Biography.
Kentucky > Biography.
Tennessee > Biography.
Southwest, Old > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A central political figure in the first post-Revolutionary generation, Felix Grundy (17751840) epitomized the American democrat who so famously fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. Born and reared on the isolated frontier, Grundy rose largely by his own ability to become the Old SouthwestAEs greatest criminal lawyer and one of the first radical political reformers in the fledgling United States. In DemocracyAEs Lawyer, the first comprehensive biography of Grundy since 1940, J. Roderick Heller reveals how GrundyAEs life typifies the archetypal, postfounding fathers generation that forged AmericaAEs.
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780807137420

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