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This review is from: Zachary Taylor : Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest (Paperback)
I have read a number of presidential biographies and this was one of the best organized and best written. The author breaks down Taylor's life into substantive themes. Now, I am NOT saying the Taylor is the most interesting president to study. I am saying, however, that this is one of the best books that you will find regarding biographies of presidents.
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Zachary Taylor - An Unlikely President,
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Zachary Taylor was one of the most unlikely men to ever serve as president of the United States. Self-educated, an average and conservative military leader and definitely not an intellectual, he was thrust into the limelight because of his success in the Mexican War. Although a southerner, Taylor opposed the extension of slavery and threatened dire consequences to secessionists. He died unexpectedly after serving only sixteen months as president. His death occurred just as he was reorganizing his administration and attempting a recasting of the Whig party. Mr. Bauer does a good job of describing the effect Zachary Taylor had on the nation as well as who he was as an individual.
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This was a terrible attempt at scholarship. The book is poorly written and gives an overview with no specifics except for military encounters. This author should have focused his efforts on a military account of Taylor's life because after reading I feel I know nothing about the man. Admittedly there are severe source deficiencies when dealing with this subject but a much wider study could have been undertaken. Sadly there is not much written on Taylor and this does a poor job of adding to the scholarship.
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THE FIRST DECADE of independence for the new United States was a time of uncertainty, of economic discouragement, of political instability, and of social upheaval. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, United States, Zachary Taylor, New Orleans, Rio Grande, War Corres, Baton Rouge, Fort Crawford, Black Hawk, White House, Mexican War, Jefferson Davis, Weekly Register, Buena Vista, New Mexico, Santa Anna, Congressional Globe, Winfield Scott, Henry Clay, Prairie du Chien, Holman Hamilton, War Department, Campaign Sketches, Daniel Webster, Point Isabel New!
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THE FIRST DECADE of independence for the new United States was a time of uncertainty, of economic discouragement, of political instability, and of social upheaval. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brevet commission, frontier service, brevet rank, southern nationalism, fever season Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Zachary Taylor, New Orleans, Rio Grande, War Corres, Baton Rouge, Fort Crawford, Black Hawk, White House, Mexican War, Jefferson Davis, Weekly Register, Buena Vista, New Mexico, Santa Anna, Congressional Globe, Winfield Scott, Henry Clay, Prairie du Chien, Holman Hamilton, War Department, Campaign Sketches, Daniel Webster, Point Isabel New!
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- Presidents from Taylor through Grant, 1849-1877: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents (The President's Position: Debating the Issues) by Jeffrey W. Coker on page 51, and Back Matter
- The Opposition Presidency: Leadership and the Constraints of History (Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership) by David A. Crockett in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Faith of Our Mothers: The Stories of Presidential Mothers from Mary Washington to Barbara Bush by Harold I. Gullan in Back Matter
- Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered by John Channing Briggs in Back Matter
- John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire by Axel Madsen in Back Matter
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