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Title: Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian by Hans Louis Trefousse ISBN: 0-8117-2945-1 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian
Comment: Hans Trefousse has done a magnificent job in portraying the "Great Commoner" and his effect on the United States. In fact, the book inspired myself and some other people in Gettysburg to start the Thaddeus Stevens Society to promote his memory. For information about the society, write The Thaddeus Stevens Society, 65 W. Middle Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325 or email me at [email protected].
Rating: 5
Summary: Thaddeus Stevens: Complex Man for Comples Times
Comment: I want to thank Hans L Tredousse for a remarkable job on the unfolding of the character of one of the most complex individuals I have ever studied. Trefousse does a great job of showing us as much of what is humanly possible to know about Thaddeus Stevens.
By far, Stevens comes alive in the preface of Trefousse'account. The reader is pulled gently into the life of this individal because of the hardships he experienced as a child and because of his determination to see justice prevailed.
As I progressed into the book, I marvelled at both the strengths and weaknesses of this complex man called Thaddeus Stevens. Personally, I think he was a man before his times. It is unfortunate that he considered himself a failure. We have had many presidents in recent years who could not or would not acknowledge that they had achieved anything of "real tangible worth". Stevens comes to the end of life feeling that he had achieved very little of lasting value. It is truly worth lamenting! If Stevens could come back to this century, I think he would be astonished to see what legacy he left the United States and particular minorities who have benefitted much from his efforts to support emancipation and a true Reconstruction for those who had suffered because of slavery.
I was first introduced to Thaddeus Stevens in Lerone Bennett's BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER. I found Stevens to be the underdog, but an all powerful hero for the rights of equality. I think the second best thing to having enjoyed Trefousse' outling the work of Stevens would be to see the book made into historical fiction. Somewhere out there in "fantasy land" is an actor who could bring more to "life" this complex man called Thaddeus Stevens
Rating: 5
Summary: About Time! A Solid Biography of Thaddeus Stevens
Comment: Thaddeus Stevens casts a long shadow in American History; a shadow that continues to bedevil the likes of Robert Bork, Anton Scalia and the so-called "original intent" crowd.
Stevens, the tactical leader of the "radical Republicans" through the Civil War and Reconstruction era stands probably second to only James Madison in Constitutional history.
Considering his historical role a thorough biography has been long overdue. Trefousse has gone a long way toward supplying a fresh biography of the man. In its pages he has applied the extensive depth of modern scholarship now available on the reconstruction era.
Only Fawne Brodie has attempted a biography in recent times and that book, Thaddeus Stevens: Scourge of the South has slid thankfully out of print.
The Trefousse biography will likely be the standard source on the life of "the old Commoner" for some decades to come.
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Title: The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter ISBN: 0394700953 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 February, 1960 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Party of the People : A History of the Democrats by Jules Witcover ISBN: 0375507426 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Grand Old Party : A History of the Republicans by Lewis Gould ISBN: 0375507418 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips ISBN: 0670032646 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Thaddeus Stevens: Scourge of the South by Fawn McKay Brodie ISBN: 0393003310 Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Pub. Date: December, 1966 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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