Description
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 Americas Manifest Destinyextending 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).
Author: Robert W. Merry
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 11/02/2010
Series: Simon & Schuster America Collection
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.28w x 1.46d
ISBN: 9780743297448
Language: English
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