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Lot of Five Signatures Military and Literary

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Lot of Five Signatures Military and Literary
<B>Lot of Five Signatures of Military and Literary Interest,</B></I> including: <B>General Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith</B></I> (1895- 1961) was Dwight D. Eisenhower's Chief of Staff during Eisenhower's tenure at SHAEF and Director of the CIA from 1950 to 1953. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1949. Smith had a reputation as a brusque manager, peppered with salty speech, and was often referred to as Eisenhower's "hatchet man". For instance, when Gen. George S. Patton needed to be disciplined, Smith was ordered to deliver the bad news; <B>Charles A. Beard</B></I> (1874-1948) was the most influential American historian of the early twentieth century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. As a leader of the "Progressive School" of historiography, he introduced themes of economic self-interest and economic conflict regarding the adoption of the Constitution and the transformations caused by the Civil War. Thus he emphasized the long-term conflict among industrialists in the Northeast, farmers in the Midwest, and planters in the South that he saw as the cause of the Civil War;<B> George H. Dern</B></I> (1872-1936) was a Democratic American politician who served as Governor of Utah from 1925 to 1933. He supported Roosevelt's campaign for President in 1932 and was rewarded with the position of U.S. Secretary of War. Dern died while still in office. He was the grandfather of actor Bruce Dern and the great-grandfather of actress Laura Dern; <B>Lloyd C. Douglas</B></I> (1877- 1951) was a noteworthy American minister and author. Douglas was one of the most popular American authors of his time, although he didn't write his first novel until he retired from the pulpit at fifty years old. His written works had a distinctly religious tone. His first novel, <I>Magnificent Obsession,</B></I> published in 1929, was an immediate and sensational success. Douglas then wrote <I>Forgive Us Our Trespasses; Precious Jeopardy; Green Light; White Banners; Disputed Passage; Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal; The Robe,</B></I> and <I>The Big Fisherman. The Robe</B></I> sold more than 2 million copies, without any reprint edition; <B>John Drinkwater</B></I> (1882-1937) was an English poet and dramatist. In the period immediately before the First World War, he was one of the group of poets associated with the Gloucestershire village of Dymock. In 1918, he scored his first major success with his play, <I>Abraham Lincoln.</B></I> He followed it up with other plays in a similar vein, including <I>Mary Stuart</B></I> and <I>Oliver Cromwell.</B></I> Although he had been active with the Dymock poets, it was not until 1923 that he published his first collection of poetry. He progressed into literary criticism, and later became manager of Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Very fine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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