
Isaac I. Stevens
Young Man in a Hurry
Kent D. Richards(Author)
Washington State University Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 26. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
468 pages
978-0-87422-338-5 (ISBN)
Description
Isaac Stevens was most often in the center of activity, providing leadership, spewing out orders and ideas, shaping events, or creating controversy. He was a man either loved or hated." - Kent D. Richards. Washington Territory's first governor remains as controversial today as he was to his frontier contemporaries during the Pacific Northwest's most turbulent era-the mid-1850s. Indian wars, martial law, and bitter political disputes, as well as the establishment of a new, sound governmental system, characterized Isaac I. Stevens's years as governor (1853-1857).
Richards's definitive biography is one of the essential works on the history of early Washington, as well as northern Idaho and western Montana. An 1839 West Point graduate, Stevens pursued an exciting and useful career for his country. He was as much at ease on horseback in the wilderness as he was in government halls at the nation's capitol. With the possible exception of the Flathead Council, Richards counters the popular misconception that Stevens acted with haste in forcing treaties on regional tribes, thus precipitating the hostilities in 1855.
In addition to serving as Washington's territorial governor, superintendent of Indian affairs, and, eventually, delegate to the U.S. Congress, Stevens also distinguished himself in the Mexican War, the Coast Survey, and as head of the Northern Pacific transcontinental railroad survey. In the early years of the Civil War, he was appointed a major general in the Union Army. Dying as flamboyantly as he had lived, Stevens fell while charging with banner in hand toward rebel fortifications on the very battlefield where his son lay wounded. He left an indelible mark on the destiny of the Pacific Northwest. This revised edition offers a new preface.
Richards's definitive biography is one of the essential works on the history of early Washington, as well as northern Idaho and western Montana. An 1839 West Point graduate, Stevens pursued an exciting and useful career for his country. He was as much at ease on horseback in the wilderness as he was in government halls at the nation's capitol. With the possible exception of the Flathead Council, Richards counters the popular misconception that Stevens acted with haste in forcing treaties on regional tribes, thus precipitating the hostilities in 1855.
In addition to serving as Washington's territorial governor, superintendent of Indian affairs, and, eventually, delegate to the U.S. Congress, Stevens also distinguished himself in the Mexican War, the Coast Survey, and as head of the Northern Pacific transcontinental railroad survey. In the early years of the Civil War, he was appointed a major general in the Union Army. Dying as flamboyantly as he had lived, Stevens fell while charging with banner in hand toward rebel fortifications on the very battlefield where his son lay wounded. He left an indelible mark on the destiny of the Pacific Northwest. This revised edition offers a new preface.
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Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Pullman, WA
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87422-338-5 (9780874223385)
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06/2021
2nd Edition
Washington State University Press
€29.49
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Kent D. Richards is an emeritus professor of history at Central Washington University.
Content
Illustrations
Foreword
Preface to the 2016 Edition
Preface
1 Of New England Puritans and Pioneers
2 First in the Class
3 The Young Lieutenant
4 In the Halls of the Montezumas
5 To the Coast Survey
6 In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
7 The Governor
8 The Great White Father
9 Amid Fluttering Plumes
10 Broken Faith or Broken Promises?
11 Martial Law
12 Return to Walla Walla
13 The Delegate
14 The General
Epilogue
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Sources
Index
Foreword
Preface to the 2016 Edition
Preface
1 Of New England Puritans and Pioneers
2 First in the Class
3 The Young Lieutenant
4 In the Halls of the Montezumas
5 To the Coast Survey
6 In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
7 The Governor
8 The Great White Father
9 Amid Fluttering Plumes
10 Broken Faith or Broken Promises?
11 Martial Law
12 Return to Walla Walla
13 The Delegate
14 The General
Epilogue
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Sources
Index