A central political figure in the first post-Revolutionary generation, Felix Grundy (1775--1840) epitomized the "American democrat" who so famously fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. Born and reared on the isolated frontier, Grundy rose largely by his own ability to become the Old Southwest's greatest criminal lawyer and one of the first radical political reformers in the fledgling United States. In Democracy's Lawyer, the first comprehensive biography of Grundy since 1940, J. Roderick Heller reveals how Grundy's entire life ...
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A central political figure in the first post-Revolutionary generation, Felix Grundy (1775--1840) epitomized the "American democrat" who so famously fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville. Born and reared on the isolated frontier, Grundy rose largely by his own ability to become the Old Southwest's greatest criminal lawyer and one of the first radical political reformers in the fledgling United States. In Democracy's Lawyer, the first comprehensive biography of Grundy since 1940, J. Roderick Heller reveals how Grundy's entire life typifies the archetypal, post-founding fathers generation that forged America's culture and institutions.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 357 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Frontispiece. Southern Biography (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. Inscribed to the previous owner and signed by the author. Clean tight unmarked copy.
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Like New. Size: 6x1x9; [Association copy, inscribed by J. Roderick Heller III on half title page. ] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author. *
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