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James Buchanan Jean H. Baker
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 437 .B35 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Jean H.
- Series:
- American presidents series (Times Books (Firm))
- The American presidents
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
- Buchanan, James.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Times Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- A look at the presidency of James Buchanan, whose administration paved the way for the onslaught of the Civil War, details his failures as a president, including his lack of compromise and his weak leadership in a time of national crisis.
- Contents:
- Ascension
- from Stony Batter to the Cabinet, 1791-1848
- Wheatland to the White House, 1849-1856
- The Buchanan Presidency
- Theory and Practice
- Appeasing the South: The Final Months of the Buchanan Presidency.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805069461
- 9780805069464
- OCLC:
- 53939621
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- Publisher description
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