Description: Further DetailsTitle: King of the LobbyCondition: NewSubtitle: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-About-Washington in the Gilded AgeISBN-10: 0801893976EAN: 9780801893971ISBN: 9780801893971Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/26/2010Description: King of the Lobby tells the story of how one man harnessed delicious food, fine wine, and good conversation to the task of becoming the most influential lobbyist of the Gilded Age. Sam Ward was a colorful character. Scion of an old and honorable family, best friend of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and charming man-about-Washington, Ward held his own in an era crowded with larger-than-life personalities. Living by the motto that the shortest route between a pending bill and a congressman's "aye" was through his stomach, Ward elegantly entertained political elites in return for their votes. At a time when waves of scandal washed over Washington, the popular press railed against the wickedness of the lobby, and self-righteous politicians predicted that special interests would cause the downfall of democratic government, Sam Ward still reigned supreme. By the early 1870s, he had earned the title "King of the Lobby" and jokingly referred to himself as "Rex Vestiari." Ward cultivated a style of lobbying that survives today in the form of expensive golf outings, extravagant dinners, and luxurious vacations.Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "king" earned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 21mmItem Weight: 476gAuthor: Kathryn Allamong JacobGenre: BiographyTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: King of the Lobby
Title: King of the Lobby
Subtitle: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-About-Washington in the Gilde
ISBN-10: 0801893976
EAN: 9780801893971
ISBN: 9780801893971
Release Date: 02/26/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: King of the Lobby : the Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-About-Washington in the Gilded Age
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Topic: American Government / Local, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Political Process / Political Advocacy, General, American / General, American Government / General, Customs & Traditions, Historical
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Kathryn Allamong Jacob
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
