Peter Bridges - Donn Piatt: Gadfly of the Gilded Age

Colfax Avenue: A retired Foreign Service officer, Peter Bridges previous books include Safirka: An American Envoy, which relates his experiences as American ambassador to Somalia, and Pen of Fire: John Moncure Daniel, 1825-1865, the biography of the most influential Confederate editor during the Civil War. Bridges will discuss and sign his new book Donn Piatt: Gadfly of the Gilded Age ($45.00 Kent State Univ. Press), a biography of the celebrated diplomat and editor whose opinions shaped views on the national agenda. Born in 1891, Piatt was an historian, journalist, judge, lawyer, legislator, lobbyist, novelist, playwright, poet, and politician—and a well-known humorist, once called on to replace Mark Twain when Twain’s humor failed him.

 

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Donn Piatt: Gadfly of the Gilded Age By Peter Bridges Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781606351161
Published: Kent State University Press - September 1st, 2012

Safirka: An American Envoy By Peter Bridges Cover Image
$24.00
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ISBN: 9780873386586
Published: Kent State University Press - May 24th, 2000

Pen of Fire: John Moncure Daniel By Peter Bridges Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9780873387361
Published: Kent State University Press - October 8th, 2002