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100 1 _aHallas, Herbert C.,
_d1937-
245 1 0 _aWilliam Almon Wheeler :
_bpolitical star of the north country /
_cHerbert C. Hallas.
264 1 _aAlbany :
_bState University of New York Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c�2013
300 _a1 online resource (368 pages) :
_billustrations, portraits.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
440 0 _aExcelsior editions
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aTragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! For California" -- Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth" -- "Common justice" for the south -- Returning the salary grab -- No "unproductive and useless park" -- An "earnest champion of the right" -- The "New York Lincoln" -- "God's hand is in this work" -- "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!" -- "As righteous as an edict of God" -- "A wild and joyous time" -- The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs" -- "The machine always slaughters its new converts" -- Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury" -- U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross -- U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire -- "Distressing malady of my bladder" -- Negotiating "simple justice" -- Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aWheeler, William A.
_q(William Almon),
_d1819-1887.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse
_vBiography.
650 0 _aVice-Presidents
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aLegislators
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1877-1881.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1869-1877.
651 0 _aNew York (State)
_xPolitics and government
_y1865-1950.
651 0 _aNew York (State)
_xPolitics and government
_y1775-1865.
651 0 _aMalone (N.Y.)
_vBiography.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHallas, Herbert C.
_tWilliam Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country.
_dAlbany : State University of New York Press, [2013]
_hxv, 349 pages
_kExcelsior editions
_z9781438448121
_w(DLC) 2012044465
797 2 _aebrary.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10767786
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c193385
_d193385