James W. Wadsworth, Jr: The Gentleman from New York

xvi, [2], 457 pp. 8vo. A biography of the Congressman and member of society whose family owned large amounts of land in the Genesee Valley. Wadsworth's career overlapped with progressivism, two world wars, the Great Depression, the New Deal, the Korean War, and the Cold War, during which he met and befriended numerous influential figures such as Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Fausold tells the story of Wadsworth's family, and of his political life (which was characterized by principled action above expediency).