Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesHolt, 1953 - 344 pages Full-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Page 56
... took a whole train , Bryan would take a sleeper ; if I took a sleeper , Bryan would take a chair car ; if I took a chair car , he would ride a freight train . I can't outdo him , and I am not going to try . " A front - porch campaign ...
... took a whole train , Bryan would take a sleeper ; if I took a sleeper , Bryan would take a chair car ; if I took a chair car , he would ride a freight train . I can't outdo him , and I am not going to try . " A front - porch campaign ...
Page 90
... took to Hanna . It read as follows : " " The President's close friend must not undertake to commit the administration to any candidate . It has no candidate . The con- vention must make the nomination . The administration would not if ...
... took to Hanna . It read as follows : " " The President's close friend must not undertake to commit the administration to any candidate . It has no candidate . The con- vention must make the nomination . The administration would not if ...
Page 235
... took no pains to conceal . Under its orders no Republican state candidate had been allowed to refer to the subject ... took lunch in the little dining room off the sitting room . During the lunch Colonel Coolidge , the President's father ...
... took no pains to conceal . Under its orders no Republican state candidate had been allowed to refer to the subject ... took lunch in the little dining room off the sitting room . During the lunch Colonel Coolidge , the President's father ...
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