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1 online resource (148 pages) |
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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 |
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Print version record |
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Goebel, William, 1856-1900.
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Goebel, William, 1856-1900 |
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Governors -- Kentucky -- Biography
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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Governors
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Politics and government
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Kentucky -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
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Kentucky
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813148175 |
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0813148170 |
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