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Andrew Johnson

A portrait of America's seventeenth president describes Andrew Johnson's failed efforts to bring about reconciliation following the Civil War, the antagonism of congressional leaders who sought his impeachment, and his legacy for the present.

Main Author: Gordon-Reed, Annette.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Times Books/Henry Holt, 2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: American presidents series
Subjects:
Johnson, Andrew, > 1808-1875.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1869.
Summary: A portrait of America's seventeenth president describes Andrew Johnson's failed efforts to bring about reconciliation following the Civil War, the antagonism of congressional leaders who sought his impeachment, and his legacy for the present.
Physical Description: xviii, 166 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-155) and index.
ISBN: 9780805069488 (hbk.)
0805069488 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Annette Gordon-Reed grew up in east Texas. She majored in History at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1981, and then attended Harvard Law School. Gordon-Reed worked as an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and was Counsel to the New York City Board of Corrections before becoming a professor of law at New York Law School in 1992.

Gordon-Reed wrote the book Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy after first becoming interested in the president as a child. She co-authored Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir and wrote Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History. Gordon-Reed is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Hemingses of Monticello.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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