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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780385720564
Politician, evangelist, and reformer William Jennings Bryan
was the most popular public speaker of his time. In this acclaimed
biography–the first major reconsideration of Bryan’s life in forty
years–award-winning historian Michael Kazin illuminates his
astonishing career and the richly diverse and volatile landscape of
religion and politics in which he rose to fame. Kazin vividly
re-creates Bryan’s tremendous appeal, showing how he won a
passionate following among both rural and urban Americans, who saw
in him not only the practical vision of a reform politician but
also the righteousness of a pastor. Bryan did more than anyone to
transform the Democratic Party from a bulwark of laissez-faire to
the citadel of liberalism we identify with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1896, 1900, and 1908, Bryan was nominated for president, and
though he fell short each time, his legacy–a subject of great
debate after his death–remains monumental. This nuanced and
brilliantly crafted portrait restores Bryan to an esteemed place in
American history.
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