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Franklin Pierce : Young Hickory of the Granite Hills / Roy F. Nichols.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Anniversary CollectionPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1931]Copyright date: ©1931Description: 1 online resource (632 p.) : 11 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781512813364
  • 9781512818253
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.66 23
LOC classification:
  • E432 .N63
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- The Political Credo of Franklin Pierce -- Contents -- Illustrations -- I. An Inheritance -- II. A BOY IN THE LAND OF HILLS -- III. Scientia Suos Cultores Coronat -- IV. Initiation of Esquire Pierce into Law and Politics -- V. The Governor's Son -- VI. Moods and Musings of the Gentleman from Hillsborough -- VII. A Fitting Prelude -- VIII. Jacksonian Congressman -- IX. A Political Honeymoon -- X. Home-making -- XI. The Winter of His Discontent -- XII. Senator-elect -- XIII. The Youngest Senator -- XIV. Retirement from Public Life -- XV. In Concord -- XVI. Punishing Isaac Hill -- XVII. Temperance Crusader -- XVIII. Maintaining Party Orthodoxy -- XIX. Battle with the "Allies" -- XX. The Politician Goes Forth to War -- XXI. March to Puebla -- XXII. Elusive Glory -- XXIII. Zenith -- XXIV. "Dictator" -- XXV. A Pawn in the Game -- XXVI. A Staggering Possibility -- XXVII. Running for President -- XXVIII. Preparing to be a Statesman -- XXIX. Tragedy -- XXX. Assuming a Burden -- XXXI. The Inauguration -- XXXII. A New Way of Life -- XXXIII. Distributing the Patronage -- XXXIV. Shaping Administrative Policies -- XXXV. On the Defensive -- XXXVI. Attempting Party Discipline -- XXXVII. Preparing the Administration Program for Congress -- XXXVIII. Congress Assembles -- XXXIX. " Society " Receives its Due -- XL. Opening Skirmishes -- XII. Reaching an Accord with the Senate -- XLII. Inaugurating a Foreign Policy -- XLIII. The First Administration Measure -- XLIV. Entering World Politics -- XLV. Midsummer with Congress -- XLVI. Another Cuban Hope -- XLVII. Popular Reactions -- XLVIII. The End of Cuban Annexation -- XLIX. Salvaging the Program -- L. The Routine of Administration -- LI. Putting Down the Know-Nothings -- LII. Diplomatic Fencing -- LIII. The Territorial Problem -- LIV. Squatter Sovereignty in Practice -- LV. Summer Miscellany -- LVI. Choosing to Run -- LVII. Assuming Leadership -- LVIII. The First Step -- LIX. An Unpleasant Turn of Fate -- LX. Coping with Treason in Kansas -- LXI. A Rising Power -- LXII. The Approach of the Convention -- LXIII. Defiance of Great Britain at Last -- LXIV. The Calamities of a Month -- LXV. Disillusionment -- LXVI. Kansas as Campaign Material -- LXVII. Kansas in Congress -- LXVIII. Establishing Peace in Kansas -- LXIX. Preparing for Retirement -- LXX. The Final Accounting -- LXXI. A President Departs -- LXXIL Wandering -- LXXIII. Striving to Save the Union -- LXXIV. Opposition to the War -- LXXY. The Dissolution of a Personality -- LXXVI. The Balance Sheet -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- INDEX
Summary: First definitive biography of the fourteenth President, giving a psychological interpretation of the man in relation to his turbulent times.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- The Political Credo of Franklin Pierce -- Contents -- Illustrations -- I. An Inheritance -- II. A BOY IN THE LAND OF HILLS -- III. Scientia Suos Cultores Coronat -- IV. Initiation of Esquire Pierce into Law and Politics -- V. The Governor's Son -- VI. Moods and Musings of the Gentleman from Hillsborough -- VII. A Fitting Prelude -- VIII. Jacksonian Congressman -- IX. A Political Honeymoon -- X. Home-making -- XI. The Winter of His Discontent -- XII. Senator-elect -- XIII. The Youngest Senator -- XIV. Retirement from Public Life -- XV. In Concord -- XVI. Punishing Isaac Hill -- XVII. Temperance Crusader -- XVIII. Maintaining Party Orthodoxy -- XIX. Battle with the "Allies" -- XX. The Politician Goes Forth to War -- XXI. March to Puebla -- XXII. Elusive Glory -- XXIII. Zenith -- XXIV. "Dictator" -- XXV. A Pawn in the Game -- XXVI. A Staggering Possibility -- XXVII. Running for President -- XXVIII. Preparing to be a Statesman -- XXIX. Tragedy -- XXX. Assuming a Burden -- XXXI. The Inauguration -- XXXII. A New Way of Life -- XXXIII. Distributing the Patronage -- XXXIV. Shaping Administrative Policies -- XXXV. On the Defensive -- XXXVI. Attempting Party Discipline -- XXXVII. Preparing the Administration Program for Congress -- XXXVIII. Congress Assembles -- XXXIX. " Society " Receives its Due -- XL. Opening Skirmishes -- XII. Reaching an Accord with the Senate -- XLII. Inaugurating a Foreign Policy -- XLIII. The First Administration Measure -- XLIV. Entering World Politics -- XLV. Midsummer with Congress -- XLVI. Another Cuban Hope -- XLVII. Popular Reactions -- XLVIII. The End of Cuban Annexation -- XLIX. Salvaging the Program -- L. The Routine of Administration -- LI. Putting Down the Know-Nothings -- LII. Diplomatic Fencing -- LIII. The Territorial Problem -- LIV. Squatter Sovereignty in Practice -- LV. Summer Miscellany -- LVI. Choosing to Run -- LVII. Assuming Leadership -- LVIII. The First Step -- LIX. An Unpleasant Turn of Fate -- LX. Coping with Treason in Kansas -- LXI. A Rising Power -- LXII. The Approach of the Convention -- LXIII. Defiance of Great Britain at Last -- LXIV. The Calamities of a Month -- LXV. Disillusionment -- LXVI. Kansas as Campaign Material -- LXVII. Kansas in Congress -- LXVIII. Establishing Peace in Kansas -- LXIX. Preparing for Retirement -- LXX. The Final Accounting -- LXXI. A President Departs -- LXXIL Wandering -- LXXIII. Striving to Save the Union -- LXXIV. Opposition to the War -- LXXY. The Dissolution of a Personality -- LXXVI. The Balance Sheet -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- INDEX

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First definitive biography of the fourteenth President, giving a psychological interpretation of the man in relation to his turbulent times.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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