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1 online resource (148 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf
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Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 ""Look upon Opposition as Opportunity""; 2 Rebels, Reactionaries, and Reformers; 3 Goebel and the Governors; 4 ""Division and Discord""; 5 ""There Is Going to Be a Hot Fight""; 6 ""I Ask No Quarter and I Fear No Foe""; 7 ""Force Will Be Met with Force""; 8 ""Loyal to the Great Common People""; 9 The Search for the Assassin; 10 ""He Is Goebel, That Is All""; Bibliographical Note. |
| Summary |
The turbulent career of William Goebel (1856--1900), which culminated in assassination, marked an end-of-the-century struggle for political control of Kentucky. Although populism had become a strong force in the nation, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and ex-Confederates still dominated the state and its Democratic party. Touting reforms and attaching the railroad monopoly, Goebel challenged this old order. A Yankee in a state that fancied itself southern, Goebel had to depend on a strong organization to win votes. As ""The Kenton King"" he created a new style of politics. To some he was. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Goebel, William, 1856-1900.
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Goebel, William, 1856-1900. |
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Governors -- Kentucky -- Biography.
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Governors. |
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Kentucky. |
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Kentucky -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1865-1950 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Klotter, James C. William Goebel : The Politics of Wrath. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813102405 |
| ISBN |
9780813148175 (electronic book) |
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0813148170 (electronic book) |
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