{"product_id":"edward-stanly-norman-brown-9780817312916","title":"Edward Stanly: Whiggerys Tarheel Conquer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Southern Whig, a Unionist firebrand--Edward Stanly's fight for principle in a fractured nation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis biography of Edward Stanly relates the major political events of his life: his emergence, while still in his twenties, as a fiery and controversial leader of the Whig Party in North Carolina, his role as one of the ablest champions of Whiggery in the United States House of Representatives, 1837-1843; his candidacy for governor of California on the Republican ticket in 1857; his appointment by President Abraham Lincoln as military governor of North Carolina in 1862; and his support in California of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaised under the \"Ancient Standard of Federalism,\" Edward Stanly was a southern nationalist in the tradition of the two great Virginia Federalists, George Washington and John Marshall. An outspoken opponent of the nullification and secession doctrines of party of section in national politics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817312919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817312916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.32w x 0.94d","brand":"Norman Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448987136255,"sku":"9780817312916","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1fc35ee-45b0-445a-9098-4e5c3b44559d.jpg?v=1777261454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edward-stanly-norman-brown-9780817312916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}