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  • James Madison

    The American Presidents Series: The 4th President, 1809-1817

    by Garry Wills ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father.Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles of Confederation and the first Constitutional Congress.Madison oversaw the first foreign war under the constitution, and was forced to adjust ... Read more

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  • James K. Polk

    The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849

    Series series The American Presidents
    The story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracy.James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander in chief, the youngest president elected to guide the still-young nation, who served as Speaker of the House and governor of Tennessee before taking office in 1845. Considered a natural successor to Andrew Jackson, "Young ... Read more

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  • William Henry Harrison

    The American Presidents Series: The 9th President, 1841

    by Gail Collins ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    The president who served the shortest term—just a single month—but whose victorious election campaign rewrote the rules for candidates seeking America's highest office.William Henry Harrison died just thirty-one days after taking the oath of office in 1841. Today he is a curiosity in American history, but as Gail Collins shows in this entertaining and revelatory biography, he and his career are ... Read more

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  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881

    Series series The American Presidents
    A defining biography of the leader of the Reconstruction eraThe disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden, in which Congress set up a special electoral commission, handing the disputed electoral votes to Hayes, brings recent events into sharp focus.Historian Hans L. Trefousse explores Hayes's new relevance and reconsiders what many have seen as the pitfalls of his ... Read more

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  • Millard Fillmore

    The American Presidents Series: The 13th President, 1850-1853

    Series series The American Presidents
    The overlooked president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil warIn the summer of 1850, America was at a terrible crossroads. Congress was in an uproar over slavery, and it was not clear if a compromise could be found. In the midst of the debate, President Zachary Taylor suddenly took ill and died. The presidency, and the crisis, now fell to the ... Read more

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  • Benjamin Harrison

    The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893

    Series series The American Presidents
    The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government.Politics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the Declaration and his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was the ninth president of the United States. Harrison, a leading Indiana lawyer, became a Republican Party champion, even taking a leave from the Civil War to campaign for Lincoln. After a scandal ... Read more

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  • Zachary Taylor

    The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849-1850

    Series series The American Presidents
    The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation's highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil War.Zachary Taylor was a soldier's soldier, a man who lived up to his nickname, "Old Rough and Ready." Having risen through the ranks of the U.S. Army, he achieved his greatest success in the Mexican War, propelling him to the nation's highest ... Read more

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  • John Tyler

    The American Presidents Series: The 10th President, 1841-1845

    by Gary May ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    The first "accidental president," whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion.When William Henry Harrison died in April 1841, just one month after his inauguration, Vice President John Tyler assumed the presidency. It was a controversial move by this Southern gentleman, who had been placed on the fractious Whig ticket with the hero of Tippecanoe in order to ... Read more

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  • James Buchanan

    The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861

    by Jean H. Baker ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War.Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan. He had served in the Pennsylvania state legislature, the U.S. House, and the U.S. Senate; he was Secretary of State and was even offered a seat on the Supreme Court. And yet, by every measure except his own, James Buchanan was a ... Read more

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  • Franklin Pierce

    The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857

    Series series The American Presidents
    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 ... Read more

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