Richmond Pearson Hobson
Subtitle: naval hero of Magnolia Grove
By: by Harvey Rosenfeld.
Publisher: Yucca Tree Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Las Cruces, N.M
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Hobson, Richmond Pearson, 1870-1937.; United States. Navy -- History -- Spanish-American War, 1898.; United States. Navy -- Biography.; United States. Congress. House -- Biography.; Admirals -- United States -- Biography.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography.; Progressivism (United States politics); United States -- History, Naval.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 - Something to Say for Heredity; title: 2 - Education for Life; title: 3 - Career Choice: Naval Constructor; title: 4 - Sinking of the Merrimac; title: 5 - Adoration of a Hero; title: 6 - America's Most Kissed Man-Ever; title: 7 - Salvaging a Career; title: 8 - Reuniting with Grizelda; title: 9 - Initiation Into Politics; title: 10 - Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson; title: 11 - Taking on Teddy; title: 12 - Crusading Congressman; title: 13 - Liquor: The "Great and Powerful Enemy"; title: 14 - International Crusade Against Narcotics; title: 15 - Hobson's Battles, Continued; title: 16 - An Appreciation of Richard Pearson; title: Hobson, the Man.