Millard Fillmore: The American Presidents Series: The 13th President, 1850-1853
The oddly named 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 little-known vice president from upstate New York.In this eye-opening biography, the legal scholar and historian Paul Finkelman reveals how Millard Fillmore's response to the crisis he inherited set the country on a dangerous path that led to the C…
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Weitere Autoren: Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Hrsg.) / Wilentz, Sean (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8050-8715-4
- EAN: 9780805087154
- Produktnummer: 22626393
- Verlag: St Martins Pr 3Pl
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.4 cm 397 g
- Gewicht: 397
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Paul Finkelman; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors
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