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Marse Henry, Vol. 3 of 3: An Autobiography (Classic Reprint)
Marse Henry Vol 3 of 3 An Autobiography - Classic Reprint Author:Henry Watterson CHAPTER THE FIRST I :AM BORN .AND BEGIN TO TAKE NOTICE-JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND ANDRRV JACKSON-JAMES K. POLK AND FRANKLIN PIERCE-JACK DADE AND "REA U HICKMAN"-OLD TIMES IN OLD WASHINGTON I I AM asked to jot do'wn a few autobiographic odds and ends from such data of record and memory as I may retain. I have been something of a student of life; an ob... more »server of men and women and affairs; an appraiser of their character, their conduct, and, on occasion, of their motives. Thus, a kind of instinct, which bred a tendency and grew to a habit, has led me into many and diverse com~ panies, the lowest not always the meanest. Circumstance has rather favored than hindered thiS' bent.
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CONTENTS; CHAPTER THE FIRST; I AM BORN AND BEGIN TO TAKE N OTICE-J OHN; QUINCY ADAMS AND ANDREW JACKSON-JA:iES K; POLK AND FRANKLIN PIERCE-JACK DADE AND; PAGE; "BEAU HICK!lIAN"-OLD TIMES IN 'VASHINGTON 15; CHAPTER THE SECOND; SLAVERY THE TROUBLE-MAKER-BREAK-UP OF THE; VUIG PARTY AND RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN-TIlE; KEy-SICKLE'S TRAGEDy-BROOKS AND SUMNER; -LIFE AT 'V ASHINGTON IN THE FIFTIES 49; CHAPTER THE THIRD; THE INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN-I QUIT WASHINGTON; AND RETURN TO TENNESSEE-A RUN-A-BOUT WITH; FOREST-THROUGH THE FEDERAL LINES AND A; DANGEROUS ADVENTURE-GOOD LUCK AT MEMPHIS 75; CHAPTER THE FOURTH; I Go TO LONDON-AM INTRODUCED TO A NOTABLE SET; -HUXLEY, SPENCER, l1:ILL AND TYNDALL-ARTEMUS; WARD COlIES TO TOWN-THE SAVAGE CLUB 97; CHAPTER THE FIFTH; MARK TWAIN-THE ORIGINAL OF COLONEL MULBERRY; SELLERS-THE "EARL OF DURHAM"-SOhlE N OCTES; Al1BROSIANJE-A JOKE ON JVIURAT HALSTEAD 119; [ix] CHAPTER THE SIXTH; HOUSTON AND WIGFALL OF TEXAS-STEPHEN A; DOUGLAS-THE TWADDLE ABOUT PURITANS AND; CA V ALlERS-ANDREW JOHNSON AND JOHN C BRECKENRIDGE; CHAPTER THE SEVENTH; AN OLD NEWSPAPER ROOKERy-REACTIONARY SECTIONALISM; IN CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE-THE; PAGE; 134; Co DRIER-JODRNAL 161; CHAPTER THE EIGHTH; FEMINISM AND WOMAN SUFFRAGE-THE ADVENTU« less