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The Presidency of James Buchanan by Elbert B. Smith
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 436 .S6
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Elbert B.
- Series:
- American presidency series
- American Presidency series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.
- United States.
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
- Buchanan, James.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 225 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [1975]
- Contents:
- The uneasy republic
- The president
- The administration
- Allies: the president and the court
- Kansas
- Sequel to Kansas: Douglas versus Lincoln
- Economics and ideology
- Lamb, lion, or fox?
- "Whom the gods would destroy"
- To rule or ruin
- The uncertain verdict
- Secession
- The peacemakers
- The ordeal
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Smith, Elbert B. Presidency of James Buchanan.
- ISBN:
- 0700601325
- 9780700601325
- OCLC:
- 1119885
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