Franklin Pierce : : Young Hickory of the Granite Hills / / Roy F. Nichols.
First definitive biography of the fourteenth President, giving a psychological interpretation of the man in relation to his turbulent times.
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1931] ©1931 |
Year of Publication: | 1931 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (632 p.) :; 11 illus. |
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Table of 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