All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Paperback - 2014

The first full-scale biography of John Hay since 1934: From secretary to Abraham Lincoln to secretary of state for Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was an essential American figure for more than half a century.

John TaliaferroâÈçs brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place. Private secretary to Lincoln and secretary of state to Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American historyâÈ'from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to World War I. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the countryâÈçs major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the twentieth century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, and the establishment of America as a world leader.

HayâÈçs friends are a whoâÈçs who of the era: Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Adams, Henry James, and virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. His peers esteemed him as âÈêa perfectly cut stoneâÈë and âÈêthe greatest prime minister this republic has ever known.âÈë But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was HayâÈçs best friend, Henry Adams.

All the Great Prizes, the first authoritative biography of Hay in eighty years, renders a rich and fascinating portrait of this brilliant American and his many worlds.

Details

• Title All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
• Author John Taliaferro
• Binding Paperback
• Edition Reprint
• Pages 688
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
• Date 2014-05-27
• Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
• ISBN 9781416597346 / 1416597344
• Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
• Dimensions 9.1 x 5.9 x 2.1 in (23.11 x 14.99 x 5.33 cm)
• Themes
  • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
  • Topical: Civil War
• Library of Congress subjects Statesmen - United States, United States - Politics and government -
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012032847
• Dewey Decimal Code B

âÈêAt long last, John Hay has gotten the biography he deserves. From his youthful service at Lincoln's side to his late years as Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of State, this gifted writer, diplomat, and friend was a central figure in America's exciting journey from near-death to world power. John Taliaferro tells this remarkable life in rich and flowing detail.âÈë