Tennessee's Presidents: Tennessee Three Star Series Contributor(s): Williams Jr, Frank B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870493221 ISBN-13: 9780870493225 Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1981 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 81003391 |
Series: Tennessee Three Star Books |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 124 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Tennessee gave the United States three presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson. To produce this illuminating account of their lives from their own points of view, Professor Williams has drawn on letters, biographies, and monographs. Although their family backgrounds and levels of education differed, each of the three men developed an interest in politics early in his career and realized his greatest political success during the presidency. Although none of the three considered himself a reformer, each man made decisions that had lasting effects on the country. In Tennessee s Presidents, Frank B. Williams, Jr., portrays Jackson, Polk, and Johnson as men influenced by their environments, the issues of the day, and the public they served. |