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Brand Whitlock
Brand Whitlock (1869 – 1934) was an American municipal reformer, diplomat, journalist and author. He was born at
In Chicago of the early 1890s, he was a reporter for the venerable Chicago Herald. As baseball was one of his beats, he got to cover the likes of longtime Chicago captain-manager
Settling in Toledo in 1897, he established a successful practice. Between 1905 and 1911 he was four times elected mayor of Toledo on an independent ticket, but he denied a fifth nomination. In 1913 Whitlock was appointed minister to
When the European war broke out his burdens were increased by the assumption of representation for seven additional countries and his position was made delicate by the German occupation of Belgium. His adroit performance of his duties in the office won for him an international reputation for tact, zeal, and efficiency.
Works
* "The Thirteenth District" (1902)
* "Her Infinite Variety" (1904)
* "The Happy Average" (1904)
* "The Turn of the Balance" (1907)
* "Abraham Lincoln" (1908)
* "The Gold Brick" (1910)
* "On the Enforcement of Law in Cities" (1910 and 1913)
* "Forty Years of It" (1914), an autobiography.
* "Belgium: a Personal Record" (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1919) (ISBN 0-7426-1342-9 May, 2000):2 volumes (661 and 818 pages), 2 frontispieces (portraits)
* "Lafayette" (1929)
External links
* [https://www.wbgu.org/shop/index.php?productID=118 "The Reluctant Hero: Brand Whitlock"] , WBGU-PBS documentary.
Источник: Brand Whitlock
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