William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve - Softcover

Rives, Barclay

 
9780989926324: William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve
Softcover
ISBN 10: 098992632X ISBN 13: 9780989926324
Verlag: Atelerix, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

William Cabell Rives (1793-1868) received his early political education from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Rives later wrote a three volume Madison biography, and he edited a four volume edition of Madison's papers. As a U.S. Senator from Virginia, Rives engaged in fierce debates in the 1830s and 1840s with Clay, Calhoun, and Webster. While serving as U.S. Minister to France, Rives witnessed the 1830 Paris Revolution. Lafayette sought his advice about forming a government in its aftermath. Hoping to spare his own country from similar bloodshed, Rives struggled to prevent secession and was a delegate to the February 1861 Peace Conference. When events forced him to choose between devotion to his country and loyalty to his native state, Rives made the same choice as Robert E. Lee, who praised Rives' untiring efforts for the maintenance of constitutional liberty. He served in the Confederate Congress. In 1867 Rives accepted appointment as a Trustee of the Peabody Education Fund, which sought to rebuild southern educational institutions and promote reconciliation. This is the first full length biography of a leading statesman, author, and agriculturalist.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Since graduating from college (Harvard '76) Barclay Rives has been a blacksmith, tinsmith, and wordsmith. He lives on a small farm near Charlottesville, Virginia. His articles have appeared in Virginia Sportsman, In & Around Horse Country, Albemarle Magazine, and other periodicals. He has written two local histories: A History of Grace Church, and the 100 Year History of the Keswick Hunt Club.

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Verlag
Atelerix
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
098992632X
ISBN 13 
9780989926324
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
384
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