Alexander Robey Shepherd

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3493531Alexander Robey Shepherdhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/alexander-robey-shepherd-9780821445891/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2790973/699ce5f6-2d37-4805-b800-324e4cf0065a.jpg?v=638384456811400000551580MXNOhio University PressInStock/Ebooks/With Alexander Robey Shepherd, John P. Richardson gives us the first full-length biography of his subject, who as Washington, D.C.s, public works czar (187174) built the infrastructure of the nations capital in a few frenetic years after the Civil War. The story of Shepherd is also the story of his hometown after that cataclysm, which left the city with churned-up streets, stripped of its trees, and exhausted.An intrepid businessman, Shepherd became president of Washingtons lower house of delegates at twenty-seven. Garrulous and politically astute, he used every lever to persuade Congress to realize Peter LEnfants vision for the capital. His tenure produced paved and graded streets, sewer systems, trees, and gaslights, and transformed the fetid Washington Canal into one of the citys most stately avenues. After bankrupting the city, a chastened Shepherd left in 1880 to develop silver mines in western Mexico, where he lived out his remaining twenty-two years.In Washington, Shepherd worked at the confluence of race, party, region, and urban development, in a microcosm of the United States. Determined to succeed at all costs, he helped force Congress to accept its responsibility for maintenance of its stepchild, the nations capital city....3429374Alexander Robey Shepherd551580https://www.gandhi.com.mx/alexander-robey-shepherd-9780821445891/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2790973/699ce5f6-2d37-4805-b800-324e4cf0065a.jpg?v=638384456811400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169780821445891_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_With Alexander Robey Shepherd, John P. Richardson gives us the first full-length biography of his subject, who as Washington, D.C.s, public works czar (187174) built the infrastructure of the nations capital in a few frenetic years after the Civil War. The story of Shepherd is also the story of his hometown after that cataclysm, which left the city with churned-up streets, stripped of its trees, and exhausted.An intrepid businessman, Shepherd became president of Washingtons lower house of delegates at twenty-seven. Garrulous and politically astute, he used every lever to persuade Congress to realize Peter LEnfants vision for the capital. His tenure produced paved and graded streets, sewer systems, trees, and gaslights, and transformed the fetid Washington Canal into one of the citys most stately avenues. After bankrupting the city, a chastened Shepherd left in 1880 to develop silver mines in western Mexico, where he lived out his remaining twenty-two years.In Washington, Shepherd worked at the confluence of race, party, region, and urban development, in a microcosm of the United States. Determined to succeed at all costs, he helped force Congress to accept its responsibility for maintenance of its stepchild, the nations capital city.(*_*)9780821445891_With Alexander Robey Shepherd, John P. Richardson gives us the first full-length biography of his subject, who as Washington, D.C.s, public works czar (187174) built the infrastructure of the nations capital in a few frenetic years after the Civil War. The story of Shepherd is also the story of his hometown after that cataclysm, which left the city with churned-up streets, stripped of its trees, and exhausted.An intrepid businessman, Shepherd became president of Washingtons lower house of delegates at twenty-seven. Garrulous and politically astute, he used every lever to persuade Congress to realize Peter LEnfants vision for the capital. His tenure produced paved and graded streets, sewer systems, trees, and gaslights, and transformed the fetid Washington Canal into one of the citys most stately avenues. After bankrupting the city, a chastened Shepherd left in 1880 to develop silver mines in western Mexico, where he lived out his remaining twenty-two years.In Washington, Shepherd worked at the confluence of race, party, region, and urban development, in a microcosm of the United States. Determined to succeed at all costs, he helped force Congress to accept its responsibility for maintenance of its stepchild, the nations capital city....9780821445891_Ohio University Presslibro_electonico_c4b8704f-4dc2-3b0a-878e-b2f76155da19_9780821445891;9780821445891_9780821445891John P.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-704d2484-a39b-4407-ae34-c01236bf79a3.epub2016-10-15T00:00:00+00:00Ohio University Press