A life of Albert Pike / Walter Lee Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Walter Lee, 1924-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pike, Albert, 1809-1891.

Pike, Albert.

Journalists--Arkansas--Biography.

Journalists.

Arkansas.

Politicians--Arkansas--Biography.

Politicians.

Freemasons--Arkansas--Biography.

Freemasons.

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Arkansas--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

610 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1997.

Summary:

Albert Pike settled in Arkansas Territory in 1832 after wandering the Great Plains of Texas and New Mexico for two years. In Arkansas he became a schoolteacher, newspaperman, husband, father of eight children, successful lawyer and talented Whig leader, voracious reader of fine literature, polished speaker, popular poet, and important Confederate general. After the Civil War, the economic hardships of Reconstruction forced Pike to leave Arkansas; he eventually settled in Washington, D.C., living out his last years in the Masons' House of the Temple. Elected Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite in 1859, a post he held for more than thirty years, he completely transformed and popularized the Masonic movement in the American South and Far West. Drawing on the copious writings of Pike, letters, original documents housed in the library of the Supreme Council, and interviews with Pike's descendants, Brown presents a thorough, impartial history of a quintessential American leader.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [559]-582) and index.

ISBN:

1557284695

OCLC:

36916294