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Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]

1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, portraits

ISBN 9781438448114 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781438448121 (pbk. : alk. paper)

aExcelsior editions

Print version: Hallas, Herbert C. William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013] xv, 349 pages Excelsior editions ISBN 9781438448121

Includes bibliographical references and index

Tragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! For California" -- Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth" -- "Common justice" for the south -- Returning the salary grab -- No "unproductive and useless park" -- An "earnest champion of the right" -- The "New York Lincoln" -- "God’s hand is in this work" -- "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!" -- "As righteous as an edict of God" -- "A wild and joyous time" -- The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs" -- "The machine always slaughters its new converts" -- Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury" -- U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross -- U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire -- "Distressing malady of my bladder" -- Negotiating "simple justice" -- Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity.

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