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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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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