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Title: Stephen Arnold Douglas

Author: William Garrott Brown

Release Date: December 20, 2008 [EBook #27579]

Language: English

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The Riverside Biographical Series

1. ANDREW JACKSON, by W.G. BROWN.
2. JAMES B. EADS, by LOUIS HOW.
3. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by PAUL E. MORE.
4. PETER COOPER, by R.W. RAYMOND.
5. THOMAS JEFFERSON, by H.C. MERWIN.
6. WILLIAM PENN, by GEORGE HODGES.
7. GENERAL GRANT, by WALTER ALLEN.
8. LEWIS AND CLARK, by WILLIAM R. LIGHTON.
9. JOHN MARSHALL, by JAMES B. THAYER.
10. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, by CHAS. A. CONANT.
11. WASHINGTON IRVING, by H.W. BOYNTON.
12. PAUL JONES, by HUTCHINS HAPGOOD.
13. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, by W.G. BROWN.
14. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, by H.D. SEDGWICK, Jr.

Each about 140 pages, 16mo, with photogravure portrait, 65 cents, _net_;
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HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

The Riverside Biographical Series

NUMBER 13

STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS

BY

WILLIAM GARROTT BROWN

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STEPHEN ARNOLD
DOUGLAS

BY

WILLIAM GARROTT BROWN

[Illustration]

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1902

COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY WILLIAM GARROTT BROWN

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Published March, 1902_

TO J.S. JR.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. YOUTH AND THE WEST 1

II. THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE 31

III. THE GREAT QUESTION 58

IV. LEADERSHIP 82

V. THE RIVALS 112

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