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The President and His Biographer. Woodrow Wilson and Ray Stannard Baker.
Merrill D. Peterson
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Description for The President and His Biographer. Woodrow Wilson and Ray Stannard Baker.
Hardback. As his presidency drew to a close, Woodrow Wilson came to realize the claim history would soon have on the documentary record of his life and work. This work looks not just at Wilson's life and career, but also at the way Wilson was represented by Baker and other biographers, as well as in the media. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 503.
As his presidency drew to a close, Woodrow Wilson came to realize the claim history would soon have on the documentary record of his life and work, of which he had been a rather inattentive keeper. While some of his more important manuscripts had been kept at his home on S Street in Washington, D.C., approximately 200,000 papers were left behind in the basement of the White House. That is, until one of the president's longtime friends, the journalist and author Ray Stannard Baker, came forward spurred by an interest in Wilson and his involvement in the American Peace Commission ... Read more
As his presidency drew to a close, Woodrow Wilson came to realize the claim history would soon have on the documentary record of his life and work, of which he had been a rather inattentive keeper. While some of his more important manuscripts had been kept at his home on S Street in Washington, D.C., approximately 200,000 papers were left behind in the basement of the White House. That is, until one of the president's longtime friends, the journalist and author Ray Stannard Baker, came forward spurred by an interest in Wilson and his involvement in the American Peace Commission ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813926544
SKU
V9780813926544
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About Merrill D. Peterson
Merrill D. Peterson, Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia, is the editor of the Library of America edition of the writings of Thomas Jefferson and the author of numerous books, including The Jefferson Image in the American Mind, John Brown: The Legend Revisited, and Starving Armenians (all Virginia).
Reviews for The President and His Biographer. Woodrow Wilson and Ray Stannard Baker.
Think of this book as an ideal union of history and biography, with a twist. Peterson's portrait lets us see through Baker's eyes the personal and political dramas and key issues of Wilson's presidency, lets us feel as Baker did Wilson's sorrow, resolve, hope, vision, and forgiveness. - Eric J. Vettel, Executive Director, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library