Forty Years of Oratory Daniel Wolsey Voorhees Lectures, Addresses and Speeches in Two Volumes
- Hardcover
- Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1898
Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1898. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In the original green cloth with gilt titles and decorations, both volumes are Near Fine, cloth lightly rubbed, front hinge on volume II cracked. Daniel Woolsey Voorhees was a United States Senator from Indiana, a leader of the Democratic party and an anti-war Copperhead during the Civil War. A close friend of Abraham Lincoln, due to his stature he gained the nickname "the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash". A quite SCARCE and handsome 2 volume set..
Details
Title
Forty Years of Oratory Daniel Wolsey Voorhees Lectures, Addresses and Speeches in Two Volumes
Author
Voorhees, Daniel Woolsey; Compiled and Edited by His Three Sons and Daughter Harriet Cecilia Voorhees
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
The Bowen-Merrill Co.: Indianapolis, IN
Date
1898
Edition
First Edition
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f