Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man

Donald, David Herbert

Alfred A. Knopf, 1970

Stated First Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. Small tears to jacket with loss. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xix, 392 pages, 17 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. 

"Among American intellectuals of his generation only Sumner was responsible to a constituency of voters and had to battle for ideals in the Congress of the United States. In this skillful and subtle account of Sumner's career during the Civil War and Reconstruction period. David Donald brilliantly demonstrates how such a man found it possible to operate within the American political system." - Alfred A. Knopf Pub.