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Taking on Theodore Roosevelt : how one Senator defied the President on Brownsville and shook American politics

Title
Taking on Theodore Roosevelt : how one Senator defied the President on Brownsville and shook American politics / by Harry Lembeck.
Author
Lembeck, Harry, 1944-
Publication
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.

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Description
544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • Foraker, Joseph Benson, 1846-1917
  • Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 > Adversaries
  • United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 25th
  • African American soldiers > Texas > Brownsville > History > 20th century
  • Riots > Texas > Brownsville > History > 20th century
  • Legislators > United States > Biography
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
  • United States > Politics and government > 1901-1909
  • United States > Race relations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-527) and index.
Contents
The iron of the wound enters the soul itself -- "They are shooting us up" -- A special request -- On the ground -- A more aggressive attitude -- The educations of the Rough Rider and the Wizard -- Roosevelt does justice -- Friends of the administration -- These are my jewels -- Two sets of affidavits -- Between two stools -- Grim-visaged war -- Strange fruit -- A different burden of proof -- Cordial cooperation -- Most implicit faith -- What did happen at that Gridiron dinner ...? -- First-class colored men -- Greatest Shepherd -- The soldiers' patron and patronage -- Other coalitions, other fronts -- A face to grace the White House -- Brownsville ghouls -- "Do you care to say anything on the subject?" -- An act of treason -- Roosevelt fatigue -- "Not one particle of regret".
Call Number
Sc E 15-284
ISBN
  • 9781616149543 (hardback)
  • 161614954X (hardback)
LCCN
2014027260
OCLC
889323981
Author
Lembeck, Harry, 1944-
Title
Taking on Theodore Roosevelt : how one Senator defied the President on Brownsville and shook American politics / by Harry Lembeck.
Publisher
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-527) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 15-284
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