Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by Peter A. Wallner and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second volume of Wallner's Pierce biography, President Pierce faces unscrupulous and corrupt politicians, comically inept diplomats, violent adventurers, fanatical reformers, fraud, and speculation within an increasingly divided and contentious nation. But the president never lost faith in the American people.
Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by Roy F. Nichols and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First definitive biography of the fourteenth President, giving a psychological interpretation of the man in relation to his turbulent times.
Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by BreAnn Rumsch and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography introduces readers to the life of Franklin Pierce, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Pierce's administration including the Gadsden Purchase, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by Michael F. Holt and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery Charming and handsome, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was drafted to break the deadlock of the 1852 Democratic convention. Though he seized the White House in a landslide against the imploding Whig Party, he proved a dismal failure in office. Michael F. Holt, a leading historian of nineteenth-century partisan politics, argues that in the wake of the Whig collapse, Pierce was consumed by an obsessive drive to unify his splintering party rather than the roiling country. He soon began to overreach. Word leaked that Pierce wanted Spain to sell the slave-owning island of Cuba to the United States, rousing sectional divisions. Then he supported repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which limited the expansion of slavery in the west. Violence broke out, and "Bleeding Kansas" spurred the formation of the Republican Party. By the end of his term, Pierce's beloved party had ruptured, and he lost the nomination to James Buchanan. In this incisive account, Holt shows how a flawed leader, so dedicated to his party and ill-suited for the presidency, hastened the approach of the Civil War.
Download or read book Franklin Pierce and his administration written by S. Webster and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1892 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by Barbara A. Somervill and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the man elected fourteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by Roy Franklin Nichols and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Franklin Pierce - - the fourteenth President of the United Sates - - has existed in the public mind as a stereotype rather than as a many-sided human being. The predominate picture that we have of him is that of a weak and shallow man, a "mediocrity" who left little imprint upon the history of the United States. This stereotype, however, is grossly misleading, for Franklin Pierce was not a simple man. Indeed, his personality was complex, made up of varying strengths and conflicting inadequacies, while his life, full of inner turmoil, had an aspect of overwhelming tragedy. This authoritative biography makes available a full-scale study of an unusually interesting human being. With the same thoroughness and intensity that have distinguished all if his historical writing, Roy F. Nichols follows Pierce's life from his earliest years in New Hampshire, though his college career at Bowdoin, his marriage into the distinguished ranks of an established New England family, his rise in politics, his services as a brigadier general of volunteers in the Mexican War, and his election to the Presidency as a "dark Horse" candidate of the Democratic Party. Mr. Nichols minutely examines all the domestic and international crises that beset Pierce's administration - - the growing conflict between North and South that was to erupt within a decade into civil war, the abortive attempt to annex Cuba, the troubled relations with England, the filibustering activities of such men as William Walker which aroused much resentment in Central America toward the United States. Not only does the author refashion the exciting events of these critical days in American history, but he also unfolds, with sympathy and compassion, the tragic developments that dogged Pierce in his personal life -- his difficult marriage, his wife's illness, the death of three sons, the final bleak years of obscurity before he passed away, almost forgotten by the nation he had served."
Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by Steven Ferry and published by . This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the early life, family, political career, and contributions of the fourteenth president of the United States.
Download or read book The Life of Franklin Pierce written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by David C. King and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2010 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life and times of Franklin Pierce, placing this president within his historical and cultural context, while at the same time focusing on the major events that occurred during each his administration.
Download or read book The Life of Franklin Pierce written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American author that contributed significantly to the dark romanticism genre. Hawthorne was the great grandson of John Hathorne, one of the judges in the Salem witch trials. To hide the shame Nathaniel added the "w" to his last name. Many of Hawthorne's works are set in the New England area and feature the moral allegories found in the time of the Puritans. The Life of Franklin Pierce, published in 1852, is a short biography of the American president. Hawthorne was friends with Pierce going back to their college days and the book is notable for its insight into Pierce's life.
Download or read book A Brief Chapter in the Life of Franklin Pierce From the National Era of June 17 written by Franklin PIERCE (President of the United States of America.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Gen Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire President of the United States written by David W. Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Public Services of Franklin Pierce Also the Life and Public Services of W R King Etc Compiled from the Boston Post written by Franklin PIERCE (President of the United States of America.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life of Gen Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire written by David W. Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Franklin Pierce written by Charnan Simon and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1988 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life of the New Hampshire politician who became the fourteenth president of the United States and fought for strong states' rights and less federal authority.
Download or read book Jane Means Appleton Pierce written by Ann Covell and published by Hamilton Books. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When introverted Jane Appleton and charismatic Franklin Pierce first met, they fell in love immediately, despite being complete opposites. Jane’s pious family vetoed any relationship between them, and it was eight years before they finally married. Their life together was a loving though often difficult one, as frail Jane adapted to the uncertainties of political life that climaxed in ostensible deceit and tragedy just prior to Franklin’s presidency. This book offers insight into the dynasty to which Jane belonged and profiles earlier generations, providing a wider perception of her family’s history. Through family letters and anecdotes, it details Jane’s complex life and defines the social and health features of the era. Aspects of Jane’s childhood that may have accounted for her melancholic nature and inhibitions are revealed. This book also explores the truths behind the many myths surrounding this tragic first lady.
