Advise and Consent - Part II: Seab Cooley’s Book Summary & Analysis

Allen Drury
This Study Guide consists of approximately 59 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Advise and Consent.

Advise and Consent - Part II: Seab Cooley’s Book Summary & Analysis

Allen Drury
This Study Guide consists of approximately 59 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Advise and Consent.
This section contains 3,613 words
(approx. 10 pages at 400 words per page)
Buy the Advise and Consent Study Guide

Summary

Chapter 1 – Monday morning rolls around. Seab Cooley prepares for the fight against Leffingwell. Various committee meetings must occur first, all of them business as usual. Many of the committees are focused on things like defense spending or internal improvements, such as bridges and dams. At last, the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee gets underway in the Caucus Room. Cooley considers that his entire career has been leading up to this moment.

Chapter 2 – As a young man, Cooley was noted for his gift for oration and for his humble origins: one of seven children of a storekeeper living in poverty, ultimately having to care for his mother and siblings after the death of their father. A local wealthy aristocrat, Colonel Tom Cashton, paid for Cooley’s education in the hopes that Cooley could benefit the area and the South at large...

(read more from the Part II: Seab Cooley’s Book Summary)

This section contains 3,613 words
(approx. 10 pages at 400 words per page)
Buy the Advise and Consent Study Guide
Copyrights
BookRags
Advise and Consent from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.