Mr. Speaker!: the life and times of Thomas B. Reed, the man who broke the filibuster

Author:	Grant, James, 1946- Reed, the man who broke the filibuster / James Grant.
Edition:	1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.
Description:	xvii, 426 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
LC Call No.:	E664.R3G73 2011
Dewey No.:	328.73/092 B 22
ISBN:	9781416544937
	1416544933
	9781451611090 (ebook)
	1451611099 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
	The volatile last decades of the 19th century are captured through the career of reform Speaker of the House Thomas Reed.
Subjects:	Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902.
	Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
	United States. Congress. House -- Speakers -- Biography.
	California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950.

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