The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945 Page: 499
617 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.View a full description of this periodical.
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AMERICAN POLITICS at the
Time of the
"TEXAS
QUESTION"
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HorseBy
Frank van der Linden
HISTORY leaps into life in this exciting story of a crisis in America's
foreign affairs, an epic decision depending upon the result of a
presidential election. Into the Senate a strong-willed Chief Executive
hurls a treaty for the annexation of a neighbor republic. Like a time-bomb,
the issue is tossed about by the politicians who fear it will explode their
hopes of victory at the polls. Leaders of both major parties denounce
the treaty, as certain to cause a war; but braver men defy the powers of
Europe to block American expansion. They seek a leader who will offer
more than weasel words as his foreign policy; they find him in a law
office in Tennessee. He is a modest, mild-mannered man; he has not
aspired to the White House; but he is also bold and determined, unafraid
of a fight. Only two weeks before his party's national convention, he
decides to run for President. He wins the nomination by a surprise attack;
he wins the election, by the margin of a single state; and America wins
an empire.
Twenty-two full page pictures give the reader a glimpse of the
powerful personalities dominating American politics at the time of the
"Texas question." Included are a dozen campaign cartoons which depict
the bitter battle of the ballots, in a most amusing way.
The author of Hickory, the publisher of San Antonio--North Caro-
lina and Texas have combined to bring out a book of rare historical value.
$2.00
The Naylor Company PUBLICATION
SAN ANTONIO DATE
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945, periodical, 1945; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146055/m1/499/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.