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Standing on a volcano : the life and times of David Rowland Francis / Harper Barnes.
Van Pelt Library F474.S253 F733 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, Harper, 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Francis, David R. (David Rowland), 1850-1927.
- Francis, David R.
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.).
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
- Mayors--Missouri--Saint Louis--Biography.
- Mayors.
- Governors--Missouri--Biography.
- Governors.
- Ambassadors--United States--Biography.
- Ambassadors.
- United States.
- Russia.
- Missouri.
- Missouri--Saint Louis.
- Ambassadors--Russia--Biography.
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--Politics and government.
- Saint Louis (Mo.).
- Missouri--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Politics and government.
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
- Soviet Union.
- History.
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 478 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- St. Louis : Missouri Historical Society Press in association with the Francis Press : [Distributed by Southern Illinois University Press], [2001]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Dark and Bloody Ground 1
- Chapter 2 Down Along the Levee 15
- Chapter 3 The Fourth City 25
- Chapter 4 Entering the Political Arena 39
- Chapter 5 The Boy Mayor 47
- Chapter 6 The Youngest Governor 67
- Chapter 7 The Crucible of Silver 83
- Chapter 8 The Big Cinch 103
- Chapter 9 He Invited the World 129
- Chapter 10 The New American 147
- Chapter 11 After the Lights Went Out 161
- Chapter 12 A Missouri Democrat in Tsarist Russia 179
- Chapter 13 The Gathering Storm 199
- Chapter 14 The First Revolution 217
- Chapter 15 A Continuing Disorderly Meeting 235
- Chapter 16 The Second Revolution 251
- Chapter 17 Lenin Takes Control 269
- Chapter 18 Leaving Petrograd 291
- Chapter 19 The New Diplomatic Capital 309
- Chapter 20 High-Stakes Poker 329
- Chapter 21 Into the North 349
- Chapter 22 Who Lost Russia? 375
- Chapter 23 The Final Years 391.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-445) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1883982138
- 1883982170
- OCLC:
- 46936046
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