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Author : Michael F. Holt
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2010-03-30
Franklin Pierce written by Michael F. Holt and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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 historian of nineteenth-century partisan politics, argues that in the wake of the Whig collapse, Pierce was consumed by an obsessive drive to unify his splintering party rather than the roiling country. He soon began to overreach. Word leaked that Pierce wanted Spain to sell the slave-owning island of Cuba to the United States, rousing sectional divisions. Then he supported repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which limited the expansion of slavery in the west. Violence broke out, and "Bleeding Kansas" spurred the formation of the Republican Party. By the end of his term, Pierce's beloved party had ruptured, and he lost the nomination to James Buchanan. In this incisive account, Holt shows how a flawed leader, so dedicated to his party and ill-suited for the presidency, hastened the approach of the Civil War.
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Author : Barbara A. Somervill
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2003
Franklin Pierce written by Barbara A. Somervill and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of the man elected fourteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
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Author : Roy Franklin Nichols
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Franklin Pierce written by Roy Franklin Nichols and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Franklin Pierce - - the fourteenth President of the United Sates - - has existed in the public mind as a stereotype rather than as a many-sided human being. The predominate picture that we have of him is that of a weak and shallow man, a "mediocrity" who left little imprint upon the history of the United States. This stereotype, however, is grossly misleading, for Franklin Pierce was not a simple man. Indeed, his personality was complex, made up of varying strengths and conflicting inadequacies, while his life, full of inner turmoil, had an aspect of overwhelming tragedy. This authoritative biography makes available a full-scale study of an unusually interesting human being. With the same thoroughness and intensity that have distinguished all if his historical writing, Roy F. Nichols follows Pierce's life from his earliest years in New Hampshire, though his college career at Bowdoin, his marriage into the distinguished ranks of an established New England family, his rise in politics, his services as a brigadier general of volunteers in the Mexican War, and his election to the Presidency as a "dark Horse" candidate of the Democratic Party. Mr. Nichols minutely examines all the domestic and international crises that beset Pierce's administration - - the growing conflict between North and South that was to erupt within a decade into civil war, the abortive attempt to annex Cuba, the troubled relations with England, the filibustering activities of such men as William Walker which aroused much resentment in Central America toward the United States. Not only does the author refashion the exciting events of these critical days in American history, but he also unfolds, with sympathy and compassion, the tragic developments that dogged Pierce in his personal life -- his difficult marriage, his wife's illness, the death of three sons, the final bleak years of obscurity before he passed away, almost forgotten by the nation he had served."
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Author : BreAnn Rumsch
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2020-08-01
Franklin Pierce written by BreAnn Rumsch and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This biography introduces readers to the life of Franklin Pierce including his military service, early political career, and key events from Pierce's administration including the Gadsden Purchase, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and Bleeding Kansas. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Author : Steven Ferry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-08
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Discusses the early life, family, political career, and contributions of the fourteenth president of the United States.
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Author : Peter A. Wallner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Franklin Pierce written by Peter A. Wallner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this second volume of Wallner's Pierce biography, President Pierce faces unscrupulous and corrupt politicians, comically inept diplomats, violent adventurers, fanatical reformers, fraud, and speculation within an increasingly divided and contentious nation. But the president never lost faith in the American people.
The Life Of Gen Franklin Pierce Of New Hampshire President Of The United States
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Author : David W. Bartlett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1855
The Life Of Gen Franklin Pierce Of New Hampshire President Of The United States written by David W. Bartlett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1855 with categories.
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Author : Gerry Hayden
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1993-12-07
Franklin Pierce written by Gerry Hayden and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-12-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Although there has been little scholarly interest in Franklin Pierce, the issues of his administration--the Kansas-Nebraska Act, turmoil over Kansas, the Abolitionist crusade, the enforcement of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act--and the political convulsions that took place have all been of interest, particularly to scholars examining the causes of the Civil War. This annotated bibliography provides information on sources pertaining to Pierce, his times, his administration, and other important figures in the government. The work also includes an introduction, chronology of Pierce's life, and indexes.
The Life Of Franklin Pierce
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Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
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The Presidency Of Franklin Pierce
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Author : Larry Gara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Presidency Of Franklin Pierce written by Larry Gara and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An examination of American expansionism and diplomacy during Pierce's administration.