"Known today as 'the other speaker at Gettysburg, ' Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Mason argues that Everett's extraordinarily well-documented car…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Scholar, Preacher, and Paper Warrior -- 2 The House: Doughface -- 3 The House: Whig Nationalist -- 4 The Governor and the Abolitionists -- 5 Good Cop: Minister to Great Britain -- 6 Har…
"Known today as 'the other speaker at Gettysburg, ' Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Mason argues that Everett's extraordinarily well-documented car…
Known today as "the other speaker at Gettysburg," Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Mason argues that Everett's extraordinarily well-documented caree…