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Majority rule versus consensus Majority rule versus consensus James H. Read John C. Calhoun may be best known for his stature in the U.S. Senate and his controversial defense of slavery, but he is also a key figure in American political thought. The staunchest advocate of th… OL11955344W
Andrew Jackson & his Indian wars Andrew Jackson & his Indian wars Robert Vincent Remini "The expulsion of Native Americans from the eastern half of the continent to the Indian Territory beyond the Mississippi River remains one of the most notorious events in U.S. history, and the man mo… OL14865053W
John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams Robert Vincent Remini "Heavy were the burdens of John Quincy Adams's upbringing. Son of the forbidding John Adams and the domineering Abigail, puritanical New Englanders both, he was driven from the earliest age to a life… OL14865060W
Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary era Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary era K. M. Kostyal Brings together essays, anecdotes, reflections, and never-before-published images and artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, accompanied by factual sidebars, … OL15206056W
Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Michael F. Holt This book tells the story of the genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery. Charming and handsome, Franklin Pierce o… OL15567976W
Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas Michael Lind,Guelzo, Allen C. "Abraham Lincoln was a skilled politician, an inspirational leader, and a man of humor and pathos. What many may not realize is how much he was also a man of ideas. Despite the most meager of formal … OL16986912W
America 1844 America 1844 John Bicknell The presidential election of 1844 was one of the two or three most momentous elections in American history. Had Henry Clay won instead of James K. Polk, we'd be living in a very different country tod… OL17079290W
America's First Great Depression America's First Great Depression Alasdair Roberts For the first 50 years after achieving independence, Americans had every reason to believe theirs to be the most fortunate of nations. Then came the Panic of 1837, which caused a hopelessness rendere… OL17199366W
Polk Polk Walter R. Borneman In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White H… OL1827506W
Abraham Lincoln, president-elect Abraham Lincoln, president-elect Larry D. Mansch "This work utilizes newspaper accounts from across America, journals and diaries of his contemporaries, and correspondence. Lincoln's speeches also appear here as they did in newspapers in 1860 and 1… OL1874556W
Jacksonland Jacksonland Steve Inskeep Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States faced a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two men, former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of dem… OL19664518W
A disease in the public mind A disease in the public mind Thomas J. Fleming Why was the United States the only nation in the world to fight a war to end slavery? Fleming looks at the reasons of why the Civil War was fought, and shows that the polarization that divided the No… OL19971959W
Nation builder Nation builder Charles N. Edel America's rise from a confederation of revolutionary colonies to a world power is often seen as inevitable, but Charles N. Edel's provocative biography argues that Adams served as the central archite… OL20001239W
The political life of Abraham Lincoln The political life of Abraham Lincoln Sidney Blumenthal "A multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius--from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction. The first vol… OL20029933W
1858 1858 Bruce Chadwick "Highly recommended–a gripping narrative of the critical year of 1858 and the nation's slide toward disunion and war. Chadwick is especially adept at retelling the intense emotions of this critical t… OL2006709W
United States presidential elections, 1788-1860 United States presidential elections, 1788-1860 Michael J. Dubin This textbook contains elections returns data from each county in a state during each United States Presidential Election from the very first(1788) up to the pre-Civil War 1860 Election. Unless data … OL3253352W
What Hath God Wrought What Hath God Wrought Daniel Walker Howe A social and political history of the United States from the end of the War of 1812 to the End of the Mexican-American War. OL3296279W
A country of vast designs A country of vast designs Robert W. Merry In a one-term presidency, Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny -- extending its territory across the continent, from sea to sea, by threatening England and manufacturing a controver… OL3750765W
American Indian policy in the Jacksonian era American Indian policy in the Jacksonian era Ronald N. Satz "The Jacksonian period has long been recognized as a watershed era in American Indian policy. Ronald N. Satz's American Indian Policy in the Jacksonian Era uses the perspectives of both ethnohistory … OL6215460W
Lincoln for president Lincoln for president Timothy S. Good "This work is the narrative of Abraham Lincoln's bid for the White House from 1858 through 1860. This work offers a day-by-day account that demonstrates how Lincoln's character, and his upholding of … OL8555863W
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