The Cross of Gold: Speech Delivered Before the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, July 9, 1896

by William Jennings Bryan and Robert W. Cherny

William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1887 as a young lawyer and rose rapidly in local Democratic Party affairs. In 1890 he was elected to the U.S. Congress in a Democratic landslide and was reelected in 1892, although he failed in a bid for the U.S. Senate in 1894. After the 1894 campaign, Bryan became editor of the Omaha World-Herald , continued his activities as a proponent of "free silver," and began a successful stint...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803261314
• ISBN13: 9780803261310
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Unp - Nebraska Paperback
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.9" x 7.9"