Continental Liar from the State of Maine: James G. Blaine

by Neil Rolde

In 1884 Republican James G. Blaine came within 1,047 votes of becoming the President of the United States. This was the margin by which he lost New York State--and thus the election--to Grover Cleveland in what has been called the dirtiest campaign in American history. Yet his career--arguably the most sensational of any American politician of the so-called Gilded Age--did not end there. He was twice U.S. secretary of state, credited with having started...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884482863
• ISBN13: 9780884482864
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Tilbury House
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"