William Jennings BryanG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936 - 498 pages |
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... Illinois lad at a time when Illinois was half a wilderness . Certainly , if anything good can be assured any lad it is to be born and grow up through childhood in the Mississippi Valley ; pos- sibly we may add , by preference , old Illinois ...
... Illinois lad at a time when Illinois was half a wilderness . Certainly , if anything good can be assured any lad it is to be born and grow up through childhood in the Mississippi Valley ; pos- sibly we may add , by preference , old Illinois ...
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... Illinois town , doing much the same things in the same way . Then Silas Bryan removed to the country just outside the village on a farm , feeling it was a more advantageous place in which to rear children and here the real boyhood of ...
... Illinois town , doing much the same things in the same way . Then Silas Bryan removed to the country just outside the village on a farm , feeling it was a more advantageous place in which to rear children and here the real boyhood of ...
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... Illinois silver Democrats ' State Convention in June of that year at Springfield . The leader of the Illinois Democrats was Governor John P. Altgeld , one of the most brilliant and forceful of American public men who argued the silver ...
... Illinois silver Democrats ' State Convention in June of that year at Springfield . The leader of the Illinois Democrats was Governor John P. Altgeld , one of the most brilliant and forceful of American public men who argued the silver ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 13 |
PIONEER ANCESTORS | 19 |
AN ILLINOIS BOYHOOD | 25 |
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