Forgotten Firebrand : : James Redpath and the Making of Nineteenth-Century America / / John R. McKivigan.
The reformer James Redpath (1833-1891) was a focal figure in many of the key developments in nineteenth-century American political and cultural life. He befriended John Brown, Samuel Clemens, and Henry George and, toward the end of his life, was a ghostwriter for Jefferson Davis. He advocated for ab...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. The Roving Editor
- 2. The Crusader of Freedom
- 3. Echoes of Harpers Ferry
- 4. Commissioner Plenipotentiary for Haiti
- 5. The Radical Publisher
- 6. Abolitionizing the South
- 7. The Redpath Lyceum Bureau
- 8. Entertainment Innovator
- 9. The Adopted Irishman
- 10. Jefferson Davis's Ghostwriter
- Notes
- Index