John M. Hay (1838–1905)
Autor/a de Abraham Lincoln; a history
Sobre l'autor
John Milton Hay was born in Salem, Indiana on October 8, 1838. He graduated from Brown University in 1858, studied law with an attorney in Springfield, Illinois, and became licensed to practice law in 1861. While living in Springfield, he became good friends with Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln was mostra'n més elected President of the United States in 1860, Hay became his personal secretary. Shortly before Lincoln's assassination, the president appointed Hay to the United States embassy in France. Hay spent the next several years performing various diplomatic assignments in France, Austria, and Spain. He resigned from government service in 1870. During the early 1870s, Hay became an editor for the New York Tribune. He also published a volume of poetry and a personal recollection of his time in Spain. In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Hay assistant secretary of state. He resigned this position in 1881. He spent the next fifteen years writing numerous books including a ten-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln co-written with John Nicolay. In 1897, President William McKinley appointed Hay to be the United States ambassador to Great Britain. The following year, Hay became the Secretary of State. During his term in office, Hay took the lead in negotiating an end to the Spanish-American War, implemented the "Open Door Policy," which called for free trade for Western powers with China, and negotiated the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, which granted the United States control of the Panama Canal Zone and the authority to construct the Panama Canal. He died on July 1, 1905. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de John M. Hay
Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers and Miscellaneous Works Volume Two — Editor — 2 exemplars
A poet in exile; early letters of John Hay 2 exemplars
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln 2 exemplars
An idler John Hay's social and aesthetic commentaries for the press during the Civil War, 1861-1865 (2006) 2 exemplars
Letters of John Hay and Extracts from Diary 2 exemplars
John Hay on Theodore Roosevelt 1 exemplars
The Enchanted Shirt [poem] 1 exemplars
Jim Bludso [poem] 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (2008) — Col·laborador — 153 exemplars
Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult: Stories by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton,… (1989) — Col·laborador — 41 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Hay, John Milton
- Data de naixement
- 1838-10-08
- Data de defunció
- 1905-07-01
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Salem, Indiana, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Newbury, New Hampshire, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Salem, Indiana, USA
Warsaw, Illinois, USA
Pittsfield, Illinois, USA
Springfield, Illinois, USA
London, England, UK
Washington, DC, USA (mostra-les totes 7)
Newbury, New Hampshire, USA - Educació
- John D. Thomson Academy
Brown University - Professions
- diplomat
politician
journalist
private secretary
poet
US Secretary of State (1898-1905) (mostra-les totes 7)
US Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1897-98) - Relacions
- Nicolay, John George (collaborator)
Membres
Ressenyes
This is more than a history of Lincoln, it is really a history of the United States through the Civil War. There are many chapters where Lincoln is not even mentioned. Often fascinating, but occasionally a bit dry (which is why I deducted a half star). This really explains a lot of the politics leading up to the Civil War that I found very interesting, and is not usually explained in most other Lincoln biographies.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 33
- També de
- 8
- Membres
- 320
- Popularitat
- #73,923
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 75
If you're really interested in John Hay or in class conflict in 19th century Ohio from the perspective of the wealthy, this is worth taking a look at. Otherwise you can probably leave it on the shelf without missing out on too much...
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