Polk the man who transformed the presidency and America
The first complete biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk's pledge to serve a single term, which many thought would make him a lame duck, enabled him to rise above electoral politics and to outflank his adversaries. Thus he plotted an...
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Random House Trade Paperbacks,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- I. The man
- Old Hickory's boy
- Carrying the water
- Tennessee and Old Tippecanoe
- The last defeat
- Hands off Texas
- A summons from Old Hickory
- Baltimore, 1844
- "Who is James K. Polk?"
- II. The conquest
- Making good on Texas
- Standing firm on Oregon
- Eyeing California
- Mission to Mexico
- "American blood upon American soil"
- 54'40' compromise!
- To Santa Fe and beyond
- Mr. Polk's war
- Old Bullion's son-in-law
- A president on the spot
- Securing the spoils
- The Whigs find another General
- Homeward bound
- A Presidential assessment.
