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“With ‘Mountain’ Clement Wood has added 335 pages to the little heaps of worthwhile contemporary literature.” A. W. Welch
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“The novel reflects truthfully and interestingly an ardent if not entirely substantial type of temperament.”
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WOOD, ERIC FISHER. Leonard Wood: conservator of Americanism. il *$2 (3c) Doran
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The author admires the subject of his biography as the conservator and champion of Americanism, for his work at Plattsburg, his pleas for preparedness and his dignified reticence about himself. His flawless record in the past the author hopes gives just grounds for predicting a still greater career for him in the future. “He has ever been a true prophet in all matters pertaining to the political and military welfare of his native land, its allies and dependencies. He has never had to make excuses, for although the administrative tasks successively allotted to him have been vast in scope, he has never in any one of them fallen short of exceptional success.” (Conclusion) Contents: Ancestry and boyhood; Personal characteristics; As a surgeon; The Geronimo campaign; The Spanish-American war; Governor of Santiago; The Wood method; Appointed governor of Cuba; Governor of Cuba; Turning their government over to Cubans; The conquest of yellow fever; The Rathbone case; Governor of the Moro province; Dato Ali; The military administrator; The conservator of Americanism; The world war; Illustrations, appendix and index.
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