William Jennings Bryan Further Reading - Essay

Anderson, David D., William Jennings Bryan, Twayne Publishers, 1981, 210 p. (Surveys Bryan's life and career.)

Cherny, Robert W., "A Righteous Cause: The Life of William Jennings Bryan," Little, Brown and Company, 1985, 225 p. (Biography that focuses on Bryan as a crusader for progressive and humanitarian causes.)

Coletta, Paolo E., William Jennings Bryan, 3 vols., University of Nebraska Press, 1964, 1200 p. (Comprehensive biography covering Bryan's life, career, and influence.)

Croly, Herbert, "William J. Bryan as a Reformer," in The Promise of American Life, edited by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965, pp. 154-60. (Reviews Bryan's reform ideals and compares them with those of other major reformers of his period.)

Curti, Merle Eugene, Bryan and World Peace, Octagon Books, 1969, 262 p. (Examines Bryan's pacifism and its effect on official policies.)

Garraty, John A., "Bryan: The Progressives, Part I," American Heritage XIII, No. 1 (December 1961): 4-115. (Contrasts Bryan's early idealistic progressivism with his later religious and social conservatism, which was widely scorned.)

Hibben, Paxton, The Peerless Leader: William Jennings Bryan, Farrar and Rinehart, 1929, 446 p. (Biography tracing Bryan's progress as a political leader.)

Koenig, William W., Bryan: A Political Biography of William Jennings Bryan, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971, 736 p. (Explores Bryan's political career.)

Larson, Edward J., Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion, BasicBooks, 1997, 318 p. (Examines the Scopes trial and its place in American history.)

Levine, Lawrence W., Defender of the Faith. William Jennings Bryan: The Last Decade, 1915-1925, Oxford University Press, 1965, 386 p. (Explores Bryan's progression from a humanitarian reformer to a conservative religious fundamentalist in his last years.)

Springen, Donald K., William Jennings Bryan: Orator of Small-Town America, Greenwood Press, 1991, 194 p. (Explores Bryan's career as a public speaker, particularly in rural America.)

Willey, Malcolm M., and Stuart A. Rice, "William Jennings Bryan as a Social Force," The Journal of Social Forces II, No. 3 (March 1924): 338-44. (Discusses the influence of Bryan's fundamentalist speeches on students.)

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