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050 00 $aE467.1.B63$bP37 1998
082 00 $a973.5/092$aB$221
100 1 $aParrish, William E.$q(William Earl),$d1931-
245 10 $aFrank Blair :$bLincoln's conservative /$cWilliam E. Parrish.
246 30 $aLincoln's conservative
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc1998.
300 $axv, 318 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aMissouri biography series
500 $aSeries statement taken from jacket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-310) and index.
520 $aKnown for his fearlessness in both the political arena and the battlefield, Frank Blair is a Missouri legend. As a member of one of the most prominent and powerful political families in America during the nineteenth century, possibly the equivalent of the twentieth-century Kennedys, Frank was steeped in politics at an early age.
520 8 $aThe youngest son of Francis Preston Blair, editor of Andrew Jackson's Washington Globe and adviser to Presidents Andrew Jackson through Andrew Johnson, Frank Blair was greatly influenced by his father, who had high political expectations of him.
520 8 $aVolatile and combative, Blair was either strongly admired or hated by the public figures of his day. He held adamantly to his opinions and fought hard for his political causes. He was an ardent supporter of Abraham Lincoln and championed the president's program in Congress and in Missouri against the frequent assaults of the Radicals.
520 8 $aCredited with being the principal leader in saving Missouri for the Union in 1861, Blair later served with great distinction at Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and in the Sherman campaigns throughout Georgia and the Carolinas. He is one of only two Missourians ever honored by his state in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
520 8 $aFrank Blair: Lincoln's Conservative reveals the full extent of Blair's importance as a national political figure. Specialists in nineteenth-century America, students of Missouri history, and Civil War buffs will welcome this study, which will long stand as the definitive work on this influential and colorful character.
600 10 $aBlair, Frank P.,$cJr.$q(Francis Preston),$d1821-1875.
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bHouse$vBiography.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1861-1865.
651 0 $aMissouri$vBiography.
651 0 $aMissouri$xPolitics and government$yTo 1865.
651 0 $aMissouri$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950.
830 0 $aMissouri biography series.
852 00 $bglx$hE467.1.B63$iP37 1998