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Article: William Jennings Bryan: An Uncertain Trumpet.(Book review)
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- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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William Jennings Bryan: An Uncertain Trumpet. By Gerald Leinwand. American Profiles. (Lanham, Md., and other cities: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c. 2007. Pp. xx, 183. $35.00, ISBN 978-0-7425-5158-9.)
Gerald Leinwand's study of William Jennings Bryan has two purposes. First, as part of the American Profiles series, this work is designed to provide a brief new look at a significant American figure. Second, as the book jacket notes, Leinwand argues that "the true Bryan is not the caricature we have substituted for the man." The biography covers Bryan's entire life and concludes with an interesting epilogue examining L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard ...