Frank Knox, American: A Short Biography
by Beasley, Norman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (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
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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