TY  - BOOK
AU  - Delgadillo,Charles
TI  - Crusader for democracy: the political life of William Allen White 
SN  - 9780700626380 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - PN4874.W52 D45 2018
U1  - 070.92B 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Lawrence, Kansas
PB  - University Press of Kansas
KW  - White, William Allen,
KW  - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
KW  - Biography
KW  - Emporia gazette (Emporia, Kan. : 1899)
KW  - Journalists
KW  - United States
KW  - Reformers
KW  - Political activists
KW  - Progressivism (United States politics)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Middle class
KW  - Middle West
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1901-1953
KW  - Emporia (Kan.)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-310) and index; Introduction: the man and his methods -- He wants no office! -- Hell-raiser -- A war of conquest -- Saving the world -- A hard-boiled world -- Main street culture warrior -- Reluctant New Dealer -- Freedom fighter
N2  - "Once upon a time, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" referred not to a Thomas Frank book but to an editorial from Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White. A lifelong Republican, White saw himself as defending the common man - "The Voice of Main Street" - even against fellow Republicans, and built a reputation as a man with little interest in partisan games. But while he positioned himself as the voice of small-town, Midwestern common sense, he was also a savvy political operative with connections to state and national political figures from both parties. Herbert Hoover and Teddy Roosevelt visited White at his home in Emporia; FDR famously quipped that he could count on White's support "three and a half out of every four years." In the first scholarly work on White in nearly twenty years, Charles Delgadillo foregrounds the famed journalist's political relationships, revealing White as a critical, influential political figure - one who represented a brand of moderate conservatism that seems to have faded amid today's heated partisanship."--Provided by publisher
ER  -