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After Greeley's death , with the help of William Walter Phelps and John Bigelow , Reid won a battle with powerful financial interests for the control of the Tribune . At thirty - five , he became the head of the mightiest newspaper in ...
After Greeley's death , with the help of William Walter Phelps and John Bigelow , Reid won a battle with powerful financial interests for the control of the Tribune . At thirty - five , he became the head of the mightiest newspaper in ...
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Despite Platt's opposition , Reid received the Republican vice - presidential nomination in the summer of 1892 at ... Benjamin Harrison and Reid went down to defeat in the autumn elections , but the setback did not reduce Reid's ...
Despite Platt's opposition , Reid received the Republican vice - presidential nomination in the summer of 1892 at ... Benjamin Harrison and Reid went down to defeat in the autumn elections , but the setback did not reduce Reid's ...
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Reid had in mind the ministry to England for himself.38 In selecting his cabinet , McKinley , like every other Republican president since Hayes , sought Reid's opinion . Reid answered : I utterly reject the theory that Cabinet ...
Reid had in mind the ministry to England for himself.38 In selecting his cabinet , McKinley , like every other Republican president since Hayes , sought Reid's opinion . Reid answered : I utterly reject the theory that Cabinet ...
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Contents
BunauVarillas Last Campaigns | 299 |
Appendix 1 | 335 |
Appendix 3 | 349 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the Man Behind the Panama Canal |
| Author | G. A. Anguizola |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Nelson-Hall, 1980 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 12 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0882293974, 9780882293974 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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