Crusader for democracy : the political life of William Allen White

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Crusader for democracy : the political life of William Allen White

Title remainder

the political life of William Allen White

Statement of responsibility

Charles Delgadillo

Title variation

Political life of William Allen White

Creator

• Delgadillo, Charles

Author

• Delgadillo, Charles

Subject

• Biographies
• Biographies
• Biography
• Emporia (Kan.) -- Biography
• Emporia gazette (Emporia, Kan. : 1899)
• HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
• History
• Journalists
• Journalists -- United States -- Biography
• Kansas
• Kansas -- Emporia
• Middle West
• Middle class
• Middle class -- Middle West
• Newspaper editors
• Newspaper editors -- Kansas -- Biography
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
• 1900-1999
• Political activists -- United States -- Biography
• Political and social views
• Politics and government
• Progressivism (United States politics)
• Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century
• Reformers
• Reformers -- United States -- Biography
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- Biography
• United States
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953
• White, William Allen, 1868-1944
• White, William Allen, 1868-1944 -- Political and social views
• Political activists
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers

Genre

• History
• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

"Once upon a time, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" referred not to a Thomas Frank book but to an editorial from Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White. A lifelong Republican, White saw himself as defending the common man - "The Voice of Main Street"--Even against fellow Republicans, and built a reputation as a man with little interest in partisan games. But while he positioned himself as the voice of small-town, Midwestern common sense, he was also a savvy political operative with connections to state and national political figures from both parties. Herbert Hoover and Teddy Roosevelt visited White at his home in Emporia; FDR famously quipped that he could count on White's support "three and a half out of every four years." In the first scholarly work on White in nearly twenty years, Charles Delgadillo foregrounds the famed journalist's political relationships, revealing White as a critical, influential political figure - one who represented a brand of moderate conservatism that seems to have faded amid today's heated partisanship."--Provided by publisher

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

070.92

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PN4874.W52

LC item number

D45 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography