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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Nichols, Roy F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1931]; ©1931
• Year of Publication: 1931
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (632 p.) :; 11 illus.
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512818253; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512818253?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Roy F. Nichols.

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