Donn Piatt
Gadfly of the Gilded Age
Peter Bridges
ISBN: | 9781612776248 |
Publisher: | Kent State University Press |
Published: | 21 December, 2011 |
Format: | ePub |
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Donn Piatt
Gadfly of the Gilded Age
Peter Bridges
Born in 1819 in Cincinnati, Donn Piatt died in 1891 at the Piatt Castles that still stand in western Ohio. He was a diplomat, 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. A staunch opponent of slavery, Piatt campaigned in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln, who briefly took a liking to him but found him too outspoken and later cursed him when, as a Union
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