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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798628803321

Autore

Strauss Robert <1951->

Titolo

Worst. President. Ever. : James Buchanan, the POTUS rating game, and the legacy of the least of the lesser presidents / / Robert Strauss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4930-3059-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

973.6/8092

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

United States Politics and government 1857-1861

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introducing the worst. President. Ever -- The Young Buck -- Up from Lancaster -- The man who would be president, again and again -- The election of 1856: the most consequential in American history -- The worst presidency begins -- The middle Buchanan presidency: hardly better -- Mr. Buchanan's War -- The legacy of the least of the lesser presidents.