| Contents |
Captain Charles Wilkes : opened relations with Samoa, 1839 -- Commander Richard W. Meade III : negotiated Samoa treaty, 1872 -- Albert B. Steinberger : premier of Samoa, 1875-76 -- Captain Henry Glass : captured Guam, 1898 -- General Nelson A. Miles : conquered Puerto Rico, 1898 -- Commander B.F. Tilley : first governor of American Samoa, 1900-1901 -- Senator Joseph B. Foraker : first congressional overseer, 1899-1909 -- Representative William A. Jones : first congressional reformer, 1899-1918 -- General Frank McIntyre : military administrator, 1905-1929 -- Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. : Governor of Puerto Rico, 1929-1932 -- Paul M. Pearson : first civilian governor of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1931-1935 -- Anthony M. Solomon : inaugurated acquiring Northern Mariana islands, 1963. |
| Abstract |
"Here are biographies of 12 men instrumental in the incorporation of America's five island dependencies. Besides Charles Wilkes, it covers Richard W. Meade III, Albert B. Steinberger, Henry Glass, Nelson A. Miles, B. F. Tilley, Joseph B. Foraker, William A. Jones, Frank McIntyre, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Paul M. Pearson, and Anthony M. Solomon"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006102415 |
| ISBN | 9780786429837 (softcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0786429836 (softcover : alk. paper) |
