John Pendleton Kennedy
Early American Novelist, Whig Statesman, and Ardent Nationalist
John Pendleton Kennedy (1795--1870) achieved a multidimensional career as a successful novelist, historian, and politician. He published widely and represented his district in the Maryland legislature before being elected to Congress several times and serving as secretary of the navy during the Fillmore administration. He devoted much of his life to the American Whig party and campaigned zealously for Henry Clay during his multiple runs for president. His friends in literary circles included Charles Dickens, Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe. According to biographer Andrew Black, scholars from various fields have never completely captured…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8071-6296-5
- EAN: 9780807162965
- Produktnummer: 27858284
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 360 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'019 KB
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Andrew R. Black
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