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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780812976748
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812976746
ISBN-13
9780812976748
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70181111
Product Key Features
Book Title
Polk : the Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, United States / General
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A terrific portrait of a man and his times." Jon Meacham, author ofAmerican LionandFranklin and Winston "For quite a while we've needed a new biography of James K. PolkAmerica's great underrated president. Now, at last, Walter R. Borneman has delivered the goods. This book is both well written and diligently researched. Highly recommended!" Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University, author ofThe Great Deluge "Borneman gives us a book that is full of interest and insight and is a pleasure to read." Robert Middlekauff, Bancroft Prize-winning author ofThe Glorious Cause "[An] informed and readable biography." The Wall Street Journal "Borneman is a trailblazer in the mold of his subject [and has produced] a volume that can stand with all but the very best presidential biographies." Louisville Courier-Journal "With impressive exuberance . . . Borneman rightly describes his subject as America's greatest expansionist president." Austin American Statesman "Borneman manages to pull [many] threads together into a comprehensible and entertaining narrative. . . . [His] biography gives Polk his due." Rocky Mountain News, "A terrific portrait of a man and his times."-Jon Meacham, author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston "For quite a while we've needed a new biography of James K. PolkAmerica's great underrated president. Now, at last, Walter R. Borneman has delivered the goods. This book is both well written and diligently researched. Highly recommended!" Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University, author of The Great Deluge "Borneman gives us a book that is full of interest and insight and is a pleasure to read."-Robert Middlekauff, Bancroft Prize-winning author of The Glorious Cause "[An] informed and readable biography." - Wall Street Journal "Borneman is a trailblazer in the mold of his subject [and has produced] a volume that can stand with all but the very best presidential biographies."- Louisville Courier-Journal "With impressive exuberance . . . Borneman rightly describes his subject as America's greatest expansionist president."- Austin American Statesman "Borneman manages to pull [many] threads together into a comprehensible and entertaining narrative. . . . [His] biography gives Polk his due."- Rocky Mountain News
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.6/1092 B
Synopsis
In Polk , Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for and won tariff reductions, reestablished an independent Treasury, and, most notably, brought Texas into the Union, bluffed Great Britain out of the lion's share of Oregon, and wrested California and much of the Southwest from Mexico. On reflection, these successes seem even more impressive, given the contentious political environment of the time. In this unprecedented, long-overdue warts-and-all look at Polk's life and career, we have a portrait of an expansionist president and decisive statesman who redefined the country he led, and we are reminded anew of the true meaning of presidential accomplishment and resolve.
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