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Franklin Pierce The American Presidents Series The 14th President- NEW
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780805087192
- Book Title
- Franklin Pierce : the American Presidents Series: the 14th President, 1853-1857
- Book Series
- The American Presidents Ser.
- Publisher
- Holt & Company, Henry
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- United States / 19th Century, General, Presidents & Heads of State
- Item Weight
- 12.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery Charming and handsome, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was drafted to break the deadlock of the 1852 Democratic convention. Though he seized the White House in a landslide against the imploding Whig Party, he proved a dismal failure in office. Michael F. Holt, a leading historian of nineteenth-century partisan politics, argues that in the wake of the Whig collapse, Pierce was consumed by an obsessive drive to unify his splintering party rather than the roiling country. He soon began to overreach. Word leaked that Pierce wanted Spain to sell the slave-owning island of Cuba to the United States, rousing sectional divisions. Then he supported repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which limited the expansion of slavery in the west. Violence broke out, and "Bleeding Kansas" spurred the formation of the Republican Party. By the end of his term, Pierce's beloved party had ruptured, and he lost the nomination to James Buchanan. In this incisive account, Holt shows how a flawed leader, so dedicated to his party and ill-suited for the presidency, hastened the approach of the Civil War.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805087192
ISBN-13
9780805087192
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79669311
Product Key Features
Book Title
Franklin Pierce : the American Presidents Series: the 14th President, 1853-1857
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, General, Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year
2010
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
The American Presidents Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Thought-provoking… Holt gives Pierce his due as a politician serving in fractious times and as a man pulling against the swells of a difficult life… a valuable book."-ConcordMonitor "Professor Holt brings to his task his considerable knowledge of the ins and outs of party politics in the 1850's. This is the book's greatest strength… Holt's book presents a more incisive and more realistic understanding of [Pierce's] fateful presidency."-Civil War Book Review, Louisiana State University Library's Special Collections "Holt writes well, delivering a lively, opinionated account of a president who served in turbulent times and did not improve matters. This is an admirable addition to the already admirable American Presidents series."-Publishers Weekly "Pierce deserves his low ranking by historians, but not, Holt argues, because he was a bad man or politician... Another excellent American Presidents series volume."-Booklist, Professor Holt brings to his task his considerable knowledge of the ins and outs of party politics in the 1850's. This is the book's greatest strength... Holt's book presents a more incisive and more realistic understanding of [Pierce's] fateful presidency., Pierce deserves his low ranking by historians, but not, Holt argues, because he was a bad man or politician... Another excellent American Presidents series volume., "Thought-provoking... Holt gives Pierce his due as a politician serving in fractious times and as a man pulling against the swells of a difficult life... a valuable book." -- Concord Monitor "Professor Holt brings to his task his considerable knowledge of the ins and outs of party politics in the 1850's. This is the book's greatest strength... Holt's book presents a more incisive and more realistic understanding of [Pierce's] fateful presidency." -- Civil War Book Review, Louisiana State University Library's Special Collections "Holt writes well, delivering a lively, opinionated account of a president who served in turbulent times and did not improve matters. This is an admirable addition to the already admirable American Presidents series." -- Publishers Weekly "Pierce deserves his low ranking by historians, but not, Holt argues, because he was a bad man or politician... Another excellent American Presidents series volume." -- Booklist, Holt writes well, delivering a lively, opinionated account of a president who served in turbulent times and did not improve matters. This is an admirable addition to the already admirable American Presidents series., Thought-provoking... Holt gives Pierce his due as a politician serving in fractious times and as a man pulling against the swells of a difficult life... a valuable book., "Thought-provoking… Holt gives Pierce his due as a politician serving in fractious times and as a man pulling against the swells of a difficult life… a valuable book."- Concord Monitor "Professor Holt brings to his task his considerable knowledge of the ins and outs of party politics in the 1850's. This is the book's greatest strength… Holt's book presents a more incisive and more realistic understanding of [Pierce's] fateful presidency."- Civil War Book Review, Louisiana State University Library's Special Collections "Holt writes well, delivering a lively, opinionated account of a president who served in turbulent times and did not improve matters. This is an admirable addition to the already admirable American Presidents series."- Publishers Weekly "Pierce deserves his low ranking by historians, but not, Holt argues, because he was a bad man or politician... Another excellent American Presidents series volume."- Booklist
Lccn
2009-036425
Lc Classification Number
E432.H65 2010
Copyright Date
2010
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