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Item specifics
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- Artist
- Merry, Robert W.
- ISBN
- 9780743297448
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
074329744X
ISBN-13
9780743297448
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038684826
Product Key Features
Book Title
Country of Vast Designs : James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Military / United States, Adventurers & Explorers, Presidents & Heads of State, Historical, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Presidential Biography Bestseller Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-024131
Reviews
"In Polk's single four-year term, the United States added western lands from New Mexico through Washington State. Robert Merry skillfully draws a comprehensive portrait of Polk's extraordinary successes in a time of bitter politics and explains why this intense leader remains underappreciated."-- David O. Stewart, author ofImpeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy, "A crucial architect of modern America, James K. Polk deserves to be elevated out of the mists of history. In this engaging book, Robert Merry does just that, recapturing the passions and personalities of a forgotten era in American life."-- Jon Meacham, author ofAmerican Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, "Polk was our most underrated President. He made the United States into a continental nation. Bob Merry captures the controversial and the visionary aspects of his presidency in a colorful narrative tale populated by great characters such as Jackson, Clay, and Can Buren."Walter Isaacson, author ofEinstein: His Life and Universe, "Robert Merry's authoritative biography of James K. Polk. . . provides a compelling, perceptive portrait. . . Merry joins his skill at portraiture to thorough scholarship and a shrewd grasp of human nature." The Wall Street Journal, "[Merry] brings a historian's perspective, a journalist's nose for the story and a novelist's eye to one of our country's most dramatic and defining moments. In strong, precise and elegant prose, Mr. Merry brings the key players of the day to life in terms of both personal characteristics and the causes they personified."--Washingtonian, "Robert Merry's authoritative biography of James K. Polk. . . provides a compelling, perceptive portrait. . . Merry joins his skill at portraiture to thorough scholarship and a shrewd grasp of human nature." - The Wall Street Journal, "Filled with intricate stories of personal conflict, psychological gamesmanship, and unintended consequences. . . one of the most astute and informative historical accounts yet written about national politics, and especially Washington politics, during the decisive 1840s." -- The New York Times Book Review, "Robert Merry's authoritative biography of James K. Polk. . . provides a compelling, perceptive portrait. . . Merry joins his skill at portraiture to thorough scholarship and a shrewd grasp of human nature."The Wall Street Journal, "Polk was our most underrated president. He made the United States into a continental nation. Bob Merry captures the controversial and the visionary aspects of his presidency in a colorful narrative populated by great characters such as Jackson, Clay, and Van Buren."-- Walter Isaacson, author ofEinstein: His Life and Universe, "Robert Merry's authoritative biography of James K. Polk. . . provides a compelling, perceptive portrait. . . Merry joins his skill at portraiture to thorough scholarship and a shrewd grasp of human nature." - The Wall Street Journal, "Polk was our most underrated President. He made the United States into a continental nation. Bob Merry captures the controversial and the visionary aspects of his presidency in a colorful narrative tale populated by great characters such as Jackson, Clay, and Can Buren." Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe, "[Merry] brings a historian's perspective, a journalist's nose for the story and a novelist's eye to one of our country's most dramatic and defining moments. In strong, precise and elegant prose, Mr. Merry brings the key players of the day to life in terms of both personal characteristics and the causes they personified." -- Washingtonian, "Bob Merry is a wonderful writer, lively and very clear-eyed, and he tells a fascinating chapter in American history. Long neglected, James K. Polk turns out to be a rich, memorable figure -- a war president whose will to conquest achieved the modern map of America."-- Evan Thomas, author ofSea of Thunder, "Polk was our most underrated President. He made the United States into a continental nation. Bob Merry captures the controversial and the visionary aspects of his presidency in a colorful narrative tale populated by great characters such as Jackson, Clay, and Can Buren." -Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe, "Filled with intricate stories of personal conflict, psychological gamesmanship, and unintended consequences. . . one of the most astute and informative historical accounts yet written about national politics, and especially Washington politics, during the decisive 1840s."--The New York Times Book Review
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.6/1092 B
Synopsis
President James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever-consequential, comes to life in this "compelling, perceptive" ( The Wall Street Journal ) biography of the 11th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson 's protégé, and champion of "manifest destiny." When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomatic struggle with Britain over which country would inherit the rich lands of the Oregon Territory. Texas, not yet part of the Union, was beset by hostile pressures from a more powerful Mexico. The great lands west of Texas--including what would become California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico--belonged to Mexico. Four years later, when Polk relinquished power, the country had grown by half. Oregon belonged to the United States, as did Texas and all the lands to the west stretching to the Pacific. In bringing this about, Polk expended huge quantities of political capital through bold and often divisive decision making. This is the dramatic narrative of that grand national ambition that went by the name of Manifest Destiny--the idea that it was America's fate to emerge as the greatest power of the Americas, with consolidated territory that stretched from sea to sea and with a capacity to project influence forcefully toward both Europe and Asia. This national dream and ambition turned out to be bigger than any man or any party or ideological outlook that took its place in the national debates of the time. Told through the towering figures of that time--such as the outgoing president John Tyler and Polk's great mentor, Andrew Jackson-- A Country of Vast Designs captures the enormity of this national dream and provides profound insight into this era in America's history., A New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Notable Book Robert Merry's brilliant and highly acclaimed history of a crucial epoch in U.S. history--the presidency of James K. Polk, "our most underrated president" (Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein ). In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny--extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico. "A crucial architect of modern America, James K. Polk deserves to be elevated out of the mists of history" (Jon Meacham, author of American Lion )., President James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever-consequential, comes to life in this "compelling, perceptive portrait" (The Wall Street Journal) biography of the 11th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson protégé, and champion of "manifest destiny."In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny--extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico. "A crucial architect of modern America, James K. Polk deserves to be elevated out of the mists of history" (Jon Meacham, author of American Lion).
LC Classification Number
E417.M1153 2009
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