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James W. Gerard (1867–1951)

Autor de My Four Years in Germany

10 Obras 160 Miembros 1 Reseña

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Nota de desambiguación:

(eng) James Watson Gerard III (1867-1951) was the grandson of the social reformer James Watson Gerard (1794-1874)

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Nombre legal
Gerard III, James W.
Fecha de nacimiento
1867-08-25
Fecha de fallecimiento
1951-09-06
Lugar de sepultura
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Plot: Section H, Lot 20885)
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Geneseo, New York, USA
Lugar de fallecimiento
Southampton, New York, USA
Lugares de residencia
New York, New York, USA
Educación
Columbia University (1890)
New York Law School
Ocupaciones
lawyer
judge
diplomat
U.S. ambassador (to Germany 1913-1917)
Organizaciones
New York State Supreme Court (Associate justice, 1908-1911)
Aviso de desambiguación
James Watson Gerard III (1867-1951) was the grandson of the social reformer James Watson Gerard (1794-1874)

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I thought this would be very dry reading and that I would quit very quickly. I bought the book because I love hardcover books. I was wrong about the subject and the writer. It was a personal look into the time leading up to and just after the start of WWI by the US ambassador during that time. I learned more about WWI and the German geography than I had known before. I had questions answered and learned things I didn't even know to ask. Although, there was some dry reading but the content was enough to keep my attention. The writer, who was the ambassador at the time, states from the beginning that the book is not a recount of the stuff already in history books and readily available in US State Department collections. I recommended it to an Economics college professor.… (más)
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justtj | Aug 29, 2011 |

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