Hamilton Fish
Subtitle: the inner history of the Grant administration.
By: With an introd. by John Bassett Moore.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: American classics
Publisher: F. Ungar Pub. Co.
Published: 1957
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 932
Subjects: Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893.; Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1869-1877.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1869-1877.
Description: This biography of the Secretary of State under President Grant received the Pulitzer Prize for biography. In the midst of Reconstruction following the Civil War, Fish was a commanding figure who was one of the ablest Cabinet members. His astute and patient diplomacy kept the peace in foreign and domestic affairs.
Notes: "Manuscript sources": v. 2, p. 922. Bibliographical footnotes.