The Speech That Won the Nomination at the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, 1896 Size:24x36 The boy soldier of Chickamauga

The boy soldier of Chickamauga rendered in the year of his fame — barely twelve

where steamship manifests and chalked coat-lapels became the first ledger of a new American century

or anyone who appreciates the craft of a well-made drink

A Gilded Age trophy hauled across the Atlantic by Vanderbilt money

all gilded by the century's restless faith that the horizon owed something to those who reached it

The Speech That Won the Nomination at the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, 1896 Size:24x36 The boy soldier of ChickamaugaThe Speech That Won the Nomination at the National Democratic Convention at Chicago, 1896 preserves the thunderclap that vaulted William Jennings Bryan onto the Democratic ticket the Cross of Gold oration set in cold type, silver populism rendered as a campaign relic for the faithful. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies,