Forgotten firebrand : James Redpath and the making of nineteenth-century America

Forgotten firebrand : James Redpath and the making of nineteenth-century America / John McKivigan.

Author/creator	McKivigan, John R., 1949-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Description	xvii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Redpath, James, 1833-1891. Redpath Lyceum Bureau. Social reformers--United States --Biography. Journalists--United States --Biography. Abolitionists--United States --Biography. United States--Politics and government --1849-1877.

Contents	The roving editor -- The crusader of freedom -- Echoes of Harpers Ferry -- Commissioner plenipotentiary for Haiti -- The radical publisher -- Abolitionizing the South -- The Redpath Lyceum Bureau -- Entertainment innovator -- The adopted Irishman -- Jefferson Davis's ghostwriter.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-271) and index.
LCCN	2007038281
ISBN	9780801446733 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0801446732 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E 415.9.R43 M38 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold