Biography & Autobiography - Political

This volume documents the dedication of the monument erected in memory of Marcus A. Hanna. Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) was a Republican United States Senator from Ohio and a close friend and campaign manager of President William McKinley. He rose from a business background...

This volume compiles addresses delivered upon the death of the Honorable James A. Pearce, a senator during a pivotal period in American history. Pearce served as a senator during the tumultuous years leading up to and including the Civil War. These addresses offer insights...

"A fragment of the prison experiences of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk" offers a rare glimpse into the lives of political prisoners in early 20th-century America. Written by Alexander Berkman, this powerful autobiographical work details his and Emma Goldman's experiences with incarceration, specifically within...

First published in 1899, this book by Benjamin F. Gue provides a detailed look at the lives and achievements of some of Iowa's most prominent citizens. From business leaders to politicians to doctors and lawyers, Gue chronicles the stories of those who helped shape...

Howard Metzenbaum's Senate years "Profile in Courage is only one of the profiles drawn in this striking book. It is also a profile in passion for rectitude and a profile in persistence in battling for the average American, often against great odds."--Daniel Schorr, Senior...

This inspiring memoir chronicles Lenton Malry's journey from segregated Louisiana to a distinguished career in public service in New Mexico. Malry worked as a teacher on the Navajo Reservation, as a public school administrator in Albuquerque, and as a commissioner in Bernalillo County. He...

Born in Panama in 1910, Maida Springer grew up in Harlem. While still a young girl she learned firsthand of the bleak employment options available to African American females of her time. After one employer closed his garment shop and ran off with the...

In the first political biography of Donald Richberg, Thomas E. Vadney traces the continuities and discontinuities in the American reform tradition from the days of the Progressives to the years after the New Deal. Richberg's strong advocacy of the earlier liberalism contrasted with his...

This lucid study assesses Page's career as ambassador to Great Britain from 1913 to 1918. It reconsiders the famous publisher's impact on American diplomacy through an examination of British-American relations in that troubled period. Page, a friend of Woodrow Wilson and an intense Anglophile,...

Orr traces Aycock's growth from farm boy to practicing lawyer and on to that final eminence in which his fame spread beyond the state in connection with his brilliant oratory, his interest in public education, and his devotion to the Democratic party. His life...

Seattle's Gang of Four changed the face of the city in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s by bringing four ethnic groups together in battle against city powerbrokers over development, poverty, fishing rights, and gentrification. The four leaders learned quickly that working together provided greater...

Stephen Caroyl Shadegg (1909-1990) was a Phoenix pharmaceutical manufacturer and political consultant, and was considered as Barry Goldwater's alter ego. Senator Goldwater called this biography "the most accurate and complete sotry of my life I have ever seen recorded."Author: Stephen ShadeggISBN-10: 1434432904ISBN-13: 9781434432902Publisher: Wildside...

Author: Simon HartISBN-10: 1035068834ISBN-13: 9781035068838Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/11/2025Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.82d

Power is rarely born in comfort. It emerges where fear, scarcity, and instability demand order - or annihilation. In Fear, Innovation, and Nation-Building, Marcus L. Gray offers a penetrating, unsentimental examination of Shaka Zulu, one of history's most transformative - and controversial - leaders....

Lee Kuan Yew: The Philosopher-King of SingaporeBy Lucas AlmanzaLee Kuan Yew is often described as a brilliant administrator, a pragmatic modernizer, or an authoritarian technocrat. This book argues something deeper: he was the closest the modern world has come to producing a philosopher-king.Drawing from...

An ambitious and timely essay collection exploring what it means to be Arab-Muslim in the twenty-first centuryPostmuslim, Youssef Rakha's debut essay collection, tells the story of Islam's clash with the West in the last thirty years from a perspective rarely available to the Western...

Politics is still considered an unusual career choice for Indian women. This is perhaps why there are just eighty-one women members of parliament in the seventeenth Lok Sabha (2019-24), constituting only 15 per cent of the strength of the Lok Sabha today. Yet, though...

An eye-opening exploration of the man at the center of a movement poised to reshape the fabric of American society.J.D. Vance has rapidly risen to power and become the most likely individual to succeed Donald Trump as leader of the MAGA movement. Yet his...

Through boxing triumphs, Army life, and unforgettable performances, Eddie's journey has been one of resilience, music, and the determination to bring joy to others. Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, his voice has been described as "like melted chocolate his story is...

Compares how, as individuals, Smuts and Mandela shaped key aspects of the making of South Africa, moving beyond sweeping condemnation of the first and uncritical reference of the second to provide a more rounded assessment of their significance in the history of the nation....

Chronicles David Trimble's life and role in achieving peace in Northern Ireland's conflict.David Trimble was one of the most influential figures in modern British and Irish history. A Nobel Laureate, he negotiated the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 that helped to secure peace in...

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume includes those that lived, worked, and or died...

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume includes those that lived, worked, and or died...

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume includes those that lived, worked, and or died...

This book describes the experiences of an Army chaplain who officiated at the first two Memorial Services conducted in the Pentagon after 9/11, and his support to the survivors. Over two decades have passed since 9/11 and this book seeks to honor and remember...

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume includes those that lived, worked, and or died...

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume about Rhode Island includes those that lived, worked,...

Imagine having in your hands the power to understand the minds, decisions, and legacies of the 25 most influential men of the 20th and 21st centuries. Men whose ideas, actions, and ambitions not only transformed politics, science, art, and commerce, but shaped the world...

In this captivating historical journey, I invite you to immerse yourself in the lives and legacies of the 50 Historical Figures Who Transformed the World. Get ready to be captivated, inspired, and amazed by the most influential figures of all time. From revolutionary visionaries...

"Before the After" is the title of the first book in English of a projected trilogy mirroring the Spanish historical biography titled "Habana 505" written by the Cuban Fernando Pruna and the Frenchman Cyriaque Griffon and published in 2018. Initially conceived as a translation...

Dash before Dusk: A slave descendant's journey in freedom is an account of the life and times of Joe Khamisi, a Kenyan slave descendant whose ancestors were taken captive by Arab traders from Nyasaland and Tanganyika, rescued at sea by the British, and settled...

The Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, despite the name, is seldom heard. In this recollection of his short tenure as the Dewan Rakyat Speaker, Tan Sri Ariff Yusof, reveals his side of the story - dissecting the events and procedures of Parliament while providing...

"Beacon Lights of History, Vol. VIII" is part of a renowned historical series authored by John Lord, a 19th-century American historian and lecturer. This volume continues Lord's enormous aim of illuminating major persons and events in human history. Volume VIII of the series focuses...

Arthur J. Miller's essays, stories really, are firsthand accounts of a working person's life, in his own words, uncensored and unapologetic. For Arthur, expressing his thoughts in print is a form of direct action, an attempt to reclaim a piece of the history and...

From the Foreword In 1955 the Australian Labor Party (ALP) split. Commentators generally describe it as resulting from federal issues. But it began in Victoria, involved predominantly Victorians, and left its deepest mark in that state. A balanced conclusion with decades of hindsight is...

Who is Clive Palmer, and what does his ascent say about Australia's creaking political system? In Clivosaurus, Guy Rundle observes Palmer close up, examining his rise to prominence, his beliefs, his deals and his politics - not to mention his poetry. Rundle shows that...

In 1961 and during the decade of its independence from British rule, Guyana was lucky to have Cheddi Berret Jagan as prime minister. Ousted by external agencies and the chicanery of Forbes Burnham, Cheddi then watched as the PNC regime squandered Guyana's resources and...

Dive into the epic narrative of one of history's most compelling figures in "The Story of Alexander" by Robert Steele. This meticulously crafted historical account takes readers on a gripping journey through the life, ambitions, conquests, and enduring legacy of Alexander the Great.As Steele...

This book is part of a series of books comprising the political history of the province of Alberta, Canada within the 19th & 20th Century's. The Mardon's research has resulted in 36 other titles that have been published since 1971. This book is one...

Friedrich Engels spent more than twenty years in Salford and Manchester, learning the cotton trade and becoming a mill-owner in his own right. Meanwhile he was the co-author of The Communist Manifesto, and funded the life and work of fellow-German Karl Marx. Posing as...

Dr. Julio Antonio del Marmol is on his way back from Cuba to investigate concerning rumors about a terrorist attack planned for US soil. He gains a few more clues, but first he must stop a plot to assassinate the new President of Mexico...

John Nance Garner, vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt, is attributed with the quote he made to then Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, who was considering an offer to be John F. Kennedy's running mate, "I'll tell you, Lyndon, the vice presidency isn't worth a...

Author: Robert J. Jr. BalesISBN-10: 1644267896ISBN-13: 9781644267899Publisher: Rosedog BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/04/2019Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.14d

Richard Peters was one of the most important officials in colonial Pennsylvania. In the employ of the Penns, Peters was at different times Secretary of the Land Office, Secretary of the Province, and Clerk of the Council. For the last quarter century of colonial...

This study of the personality of William Lyon Mackenzie King challenges the view that he led 'a double life. ' Through a blending of psycho-biography and political analysis, Joy Esberey shows how King 's personality traits influenced his political behaviour, and how his personal...

Volume I and II presented they story of Mackenzie King as wartime Prime Minister of Canada. Volume III begins dramatically with a long account of the Gouzenko case and moves on to the problems associated with peace-making and relations with the USSR and to...

Scholars have always considered Brown a political enigma. Hill's careful examination of state and Confederate records, newspapers, and the memoirs, correspondence, diaries, and speeches of Brown's contemporaries enables her to answer many of the questions that have arisen with reference to the motives of...

Soldier, spy, politician, bestselling thriller writer, and governor general of Canada - John Buchan was a man of many seasons and talents. An accomplished Scottish journalist, soldier, head of intelligence, and Member of Parliament, John Buchan (1875-1940) is best known for penning thrillers such...

Aristocrat, democrat, diplomat, cultural advocate, anglophile, fiercely proud Canadian--Vincent Massey was a complex, sometimes enigmatic figure. This finely crafted portrait of Massey's middle and later years, drawn extensively from its subject's diaries and papers, recalls a life of deep commitment to the service of...

Ten Years Later is a novel written by the renowned French author, Alexandre Dumas. It is the third book in the series of his famous novel, The Three Musketeers. The story takes place ten years after the events of the second book, Twenty Years...