"Politieke activiteit." . . "United States Army Biography" . . "Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894" . . "Biographie." . . "Verenigde Staten." . . . . "United States. Army" . . "Generals United States Biography." . . "United States" . . "United States." . "Armies" . . . . . . . "Pretense of glory the life of General Nathaniel P. Banks" . "Pretense of glory the life of General Nathaniel P. Banks"@en . . . "In Pretense of Glory, the first modern biography of Nathaniel P. Banks, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals the complicated and contradictory nature of the man who called himself the \"fighting politician.\" Banks (1816-1884) enjoyed a long and almost continuous career in public service - election to the Massachusetts legislature, elevation to the governorship of the state, and ten terms in the U.S. Congress - in spite of his lack of formal education, family connections, and personal fortune." . "Pretense of glory : the life of General Nathaniel P. Banks" . . . . . "Pretense of glory" . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . "Biography"@en . . "Biography" . "In this first modern biography of Nathaniel P. Banks, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals the complicated and contradictory nature of the man who called himself the \"fighting politician.\" Despite a lack of formal education, family connections, and personal fortune, Banks (1816-1884) advanced from the Massachusetts legislature to the governorship to the U.S. Congress and Speaker of the House. He learned early in his political career that the pretext of conviction can be more important than the conviction itself, and he practiced a politics of expedience, espousing popular beliefs but never def."@en . . . . "Pretense of Glory the Life of General Nathaniel P. Banks"@en . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . "Pretense of Glory The Life of General Nathaniel P. Banks"@en . . . "Biografieën (vorm)"@en . "Biografieën (vorm)" . . . . "Généraux États-Unis Biographies." . . "HISTORY." . . "Generals Biography" . . "Legislators." . . "Generals" . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical." . .