John Morton Blum was Professor of History at Yale University.

[O]ne of those monumental contributions to the scholarship of history and biography that are also a pleasure to read.

• VOLUME ONE Introduction New York and Cambridge 1868--1881 New York and Medora 1881--1889 The Civil Service Commission 1889--1895 The Police Commission of the City of New York 1895--1897 The Department of the Navy 1897--1898 VOLUME TWO The Department of the Navy, continued 1898 The War with Spain 1898 A State Campaign August-December 1898 Parochial Affairs January--December 1899 The Kaleidoscope January--June 1900 A National Campaign June--December 1900 APPENDIX 1. Diary of Five Months In the New York Legislature 1469 2. Note on Nomination for the Governorship 3. Men of Affairs 4. Theodore Roosevelt: The Years of Decision 5. Chronologies 6. Collections Investigated INDEX

John Morton Blum was Professor of History at Yale University.

[O]ne of those monumental contributions to the scholarship of history and biography that are also a pleasure to read.

• VOLUME ONE Introduction New York and Cambridge 1868--1881 New York and Medora 1881--1889 The Civil Service Commission 1889--1895 The Police Commission of the City of New York 1895--1897 The Department of the Navy 1897--1898 VOLUME TWO The Department of the Navy, continued 1898 The War with Spain 1898 A State Campaign August-December 1898 Parochial Affairs January--December 1899 The Kaleidoscope January--June 1900 A National Campaign June--December 1900 APPENDIX 1. Diary of Five Months In the New York Legislature 1469 2. Note on Nomination for the Governorship 3. Men of Affairs 4. Theodore Roosevelt: The Years of Decision 5. Chronologies 6. Collections Investigated INDEX

John Morton Blum was Professor of History at Yale University.

[O]ne of those monumental contributions to the scholarship of history and biography that are also a pleasure to read.

• VOLUME ONE Introduction New York and Cambridge 1868--1881 New York and Medora 1881--1889 The Civil Service Commission 1889--1895 The Police Commission of the City of New York 1895--1897 The Department of the Navy 1897--1898 VOLUME TWO The Department of the Navy, continued 1898 The War with Spain 1898 A State Campaign August-December 1898 Parochial Affairs January--December 1899 The Kaleidoscope January--June 1900 A National Campaign June--December 1900 APPENDIX 1. Diary of Five Months In the New York Legislature 1469 2. Note on Nomination for the Governorship 3. Men of Affairs 4. Theodore Roosevelt: The Years of Decision 5. Chronologies 6. Collections Investigated INDEX