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A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan, by Michael Kazin.

This book came out earlier this year, and I must confess I bought it, put it on the proverbial nightstand and forgot about it.

The book is not a page turner but rather a careful, in-depth exploration of the populist (warts and all) who "rivals Alexander Hamilton as the most important American politician never to be elected President."The author points out that there are lessons to be learned in a comprehensive lo...

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