Author: BENTON, Thomas H.
Title: Thirty Years' View or a History of the American Government
Description: 1854. BENTON, Thomas H. THIRTY YEARS' VIEW; OR, A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FOR THIRTY YEARS, FROM 1820 TO 1850. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. First Edition. Large 8vo. 2 Vols. 739pp. & 788pp. Three-quarter calf with marbled boards and edges. Red and brown labels with gilt-stamping to spine, one of which is split. Light rubbing and wear to extremities. An attractive 19th century binding. A autobiographical history of the government of the early republic by a prominent champion of western expansion and the great-uncle of the 20th century artist, Thomas Hart Benton. He was the subject of biographies written by two U.S. presidents- John F. Kennedy in "Profiles of Courage" and Theodore Roosevelt. .

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