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Millard Fillmore

The American Presidents Series: the 13th President, 1850-1853

Millard Fillmore( )
Author: Finkelman, Paul
Editor: Schlesinger, Arthur M.
Wilentz, Sean
Series title:The American Presidents Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4299-2301-9
Publication Date:May 2011
Publisher:Henry Holt & Company
Imprint:Times Books
Book Format:Ebook
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The oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil war In 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. ...
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Pages:192
Author Biography
Finkelman, Paul (Author)
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is renowned as a historian, a public intellectual, & a political activist. He served as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy; won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1946 for "The Age of Jackson" & in 1966 for "A Thousand Days," & in 1998 was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City.

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