An Appeal to CæsarFords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1884 - 422 páginas "Tourgée's book An Appeal to Caesar (1884) grew out of a White House conversation between the author and his boyhood friend, the newly elected president James A. Garfield. The conversation concerned the failure of Reconstruction-era legislation and the primary available remedy, which, in Tourgée's opinion, centered on federally supported education for the victims (white as well as black) of slavery. Tourgée had promised the president he would produce a book of analysis and advice on the subject. With this book he made good on his promise, but because Garfield was assassinated only four months into his presidency, Tourgée was forced to readdress the appeal alluded to in the title--no longer "to the dear, dead Caesar. . . but to that other and greater Caesar. . . the American People""--Peter C. Meyers, TeachingAmericanHistory.org. |
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