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Frank Knox, American: A Short Biography

Frank Knox, American: A Short Biography

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Frank Knox, American: A Short Biography

by Beasley, Norman

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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1936. Knox fought in Cuba under Roosevelt and later in World War One in France; he opposed FDR's New Deal, running as Landon's VP shortly after publication of this book, but eventually serving as FDR's secretary of the Navy during the Second World War. The author credits Knox, a reporter and newspaper publisher, with forcing TR to run against Taft and getting Osborn elected as Michigan's Progressive Republican governor in 1912; he later ran the Chicago Daily News. Stated first edition (first printing). Small hardcover, full blue cloth, yellow titling. Light wear to book, corners bumped; jacket lightly rubbed with minor chips, several small ink marks on front panel. Text clean; [8], 184 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Duodecimo.

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Bookseller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
q0826
Title
Frank Knox, American: A Short Biography
Author
Beasley, Norman
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.
Place of Publication
Garden City
Date Published
1936
Keywords
Biography, Politics, Newspapers, Michigan, Teddy Roosevelt
Size
Duodecimo

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