Harry Barnard (1906–1982)
Auteur de Rutherford B. Hayes and His America
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Harry Barnard
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Kletzky, Harry (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1906-09-05
- Date de décès
- 1982-08-26
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Pueblo, Colorado, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Wilmette, Illinois, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Études
- University of Chicago
- Professions
- historian
editor
journalist
biographer
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 81
- Popularité
- #222,754
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 10
Barnard's book was originally written in 1954 - I read the 1994 reprint. At times, Barnard is distinctly an author of the 50's. Some of the discussion of Hayes' relationship with his sister smacks of psychoanalysis. There's a constant thread through the first half of the book worrying about Hayes' "manliness" that seems out of place today. But Barnard's very readable, especially when discussing the 1876 election where Hayes won the Presidency through the manipulation of vote counting in Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana. Reading this with the 2000 election in mind, Barnard sounds oddly up to date, even though he wrote 45 years before Bush v. Gore went to the Supreme Court.
All in all, Rutherford B. Hayes: And His America is a good introduction to an interesting man. It's less about the times than about who he was, and that's what I liked about it.… (plus d'informations)