The Invincible Duff Green: Whig of the West
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (774 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826216471 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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“The book enhances our understanding of Green’s undeniable influence on the nation’s political climate, and it is a well-written, deeply researched, and thoroughly illuminating interpretation of Green’s life and political activities.”—Christopher Phillips, coeditor of The Union on Trial: The Political Journals of Judge William Barclay Napton, 1829–1883
The story of Jacksonian America cannot be fully told without Duff Green. Green also played a major role in the transportation revolution as a developer of canal and railroad projects. Belko revises these assessments of Green’s role in the making of Jacksonian America, showing him to be an independent westerner who was politically moderate—even less fanatical on the slavery issue than many have supposed. Belko’s research uncovers a Duff Green who was an aggressive and buoyant person, to be sure, but a democratic man of principle who is rightly called a quintessential Jacksonian. He made a name for himself in the Missouri territory as a land speculator, entrepreneur, lawyer, militia officer, politician, and newspaper editor. Stephen Belko has written the first full-scale political investigation of this important figure, examining Green’s fundamental role in the politics, society, and economy of Jacksonian America. Belko presents a balanced appraisal of Green’s career, particularly from 1815 to 1850, delving into his personality to tease out the motivations for his pursuit of such wide-ranging ventu