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"Brother Woodrow" - A Memoir of Woodrow Wilson by Stockton Axson (Hardcover)
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"Brother Woodrow" - A Memoir of Woodrow Wilson by Stockton Axson (Hardcover)
Series: Papers of Woodrow Wilson, Supplementary Volumes
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This memoir of Woodrow Wilson is a long-neglected treasure, full of
the candid and perceptive observations of Wilson's brother-in-law
and close friend, Stockton Axson. A charming and talented scholar
of English literature, Axson became one of the few people in whom
the reticent Wilson confided freely. Axson and Wilson met in 1884,
when Wilson was courting Axson's sister Ellen, while Axson was
still a school boy. The friendship of the two men ended only with
the president's death in 1924. Axson's fondness for his mentor,
"Brother Woodrow," pervades this account, but he is frank in his
analysis of Wilson's flaws. As one of only a few personal memoirs
of Wilson, this book offers a uniquely intimate view of the "human
side" of the introverted president--and a sensitive evocation of
the social life of a bygone era. Axson begins with memories of
Wilson's father and of Wilson's life as a young man, including his
engagement and marriage to Ellen Axson and his early teaching
posts. Wilson taught for twelve years at Princeton University
before his accession to its presidency, and Axson also taught there
during this period. After Wilson began his stormy career as
president of Princeton, Axson's bachelor quarters were often a
meeting place for the "Wilson faction." His lucid analysis of
Wilson's successes and failures as Princeton's president is one of
the highlights of the book--and probably the best record of these
years of Wilson's life. The book ends with a look behind the scenes
of Wilson's career as governor of New Jersey and president of the
United States, and an analysis of the growing complexity of his
personality. "It is Uncle Joseph [Wilson's father] in him,"
observed one relative of Wilson's seeming rigidity. From the
standpoint of a loving family member, Axson offers a penetrating
but sympathetic report on how Wilson changed as he bore the
terrible burdens of World War I and its aftermath. Originally
published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
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