The Blankenburgs of Philadelphia. Preface Franklin Spencer Edmonds.

Philadelphia: Winston, 1928.,

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Author

Blankenburg, Lucretia L.

Publishers

Philadelphia: Winston, 1928.

Size

First edition. XVIII, 220 S. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.

Dust jacket

Languages

English

Inscribed

First edition

Description

Mit Widmung des Verfasserin f�r Hermann St�hr. Umschlag leicht defekt, sonst gutes Exemplar. - THE BIOGRAPHY OF RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG Entrance Upon Life -- First Steps in Reform -- The Fight Against Quay and the Ripper Bill -- "Disturbing the Peace" -- Sinister Influences in Politics -- In Russia on an Errand of Mercy -- The Campaign for the Mayoralty -- Cartoons -- His Honor, the Mayor -- A One-Man Job Brilliantly Achieved -- The Men who Helped -- An International Pre-Vision -- The Gospel of an American -- The Passing of a Great Reformer -- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LUCRETIA LONGSHORE BLANKENBURG My Quaker Ancestry -- My Childhood; Early Influences -- My Marriage to Rudolph Blankenburg -- A New Enterprise -- Civic Activities -- Other Trips to Europe -- The Mayor's Wife -- The Committee of Thirteen -- A Motor Trip to the Pacific Coast -- An Independent Republican Mayor and the sesqui-centennial -- My Eightieth Birthday -- Home Life.