John Taliaferro
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
A portrait of the life and achievements of the nineteenth-century American conservationist covers his critical campaigns, from the protection of endangered species to the co-creation of the national parks system.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
If Henry James or Edith Wharton had written a novel describing the accomplished and glamorous life and times of John Hay, it would have been thought implausible—a novelist’s fancy. Nevertheless, John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place.
John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters...