Language: English
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York, 1926
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition [stated]. 357 Pp. Blue Ribbed Cloth, Gilt, First Edition Stated. Nicely Inscribed "J. R. Knowland With Cordial Regards. C. Bascom Slemp 1926" (Not Signed By Coolidge). A Clean, Undamaged Copy, With Cover Gilt Bright, The Spine Lettering Faded But The Cloth Unfaded. Knowland Was Publisher Of The Oakland Tribune, Served In The State Assembly And Senate, And Then Served In Congress From 1904-1915, But Was Unsuccessful In Seeking U S Senate In 1914, Losing To James D Phelan. In 1932 He Persuaded President Hoover And The Reconstruction Finance Corp To Advance $32 Million For Construction Of The Sf-Oakland Bay Bridge, And Was Active In The Republican Party And Many State And National Commissions. He Was Political Mentor Of Earl Warren, Who Became Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The Us. He Was Proud Of His Son, Us Senator William F Knowland. Inscribed by Author(s).