Seven Decades of the Union: The Humanities and Materialism, Illustrated by a Memoir of John Tyler, with Reminiscences of Some of his Great Contemporaries. The Transition State of this Nation - Its Danger and Their Remedy.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. Octavo, 320 pages, period full leather with gilt bands and gilt-lettered labels to the spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Henry A. Wise’s Seven Decades of the Union is a substantial 19th-century work of American political history and reminiscence, centered on a memoir of President John Tyler but extending far beyond Tyler’s life alone. Wise, a prominent Virginia politician, former governor, diplomat, congressman, and later Confederate general, uses Tyler’s career as a lens through which to examine the development of the United States from the early republic through the sectional crises of the 19th century. The book offers reflections on states’ rights, party politics, the presidency, slavery, the Union, and the political figures Wise knew personally, making it both a biography of Tyler and a wide-ranging Southern commentary on American history before and after the Civil War. It is especially appealing for collectors of presidential history, Virginia history, antebellum politics, and postwar Southern political memory. Top board nearly detached, rear hinge cracked, some minor discoloration, else in good condition. Item #382
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