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The Life of William Jennings Bryan
Anchor
March 2007
On Sale: March 13, 2007
432 pages
ISBN: 0385720564
EAN: 9780385720564
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Non-Fiction History
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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