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The presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore
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The presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore

Author: Elbert B Smith
Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©1988.
Series: American presidency series.
Edition/Format:  Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In this book Elbert B. Smith disagrees sharply with traditional interpretations of Taylor and Fillmore, the twelfth and thirteenth presidents (from 1848 to 1853). Smith argues that Taylor and Fillmore have been seriously misrepresented and underrated. They faced a terrible national crisis and accepted every responsibility without flinching or directing blame toward anyone else." --Publisher.
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Smith, Elbert B.
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore.
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1988
(OCoLC)572583088
Named Person: Zachary Taylor; Millard Fillmore
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Elbert B Smith
ISBN: 070060362X 9780700603626
OCLC Number: 17731452
Description: xi, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Progress and paradox --
The price of conquest --
Old Rough and Ready --
The achiever --
The administration --
The statesman --
The crisis --
An undeserved albatross: the Galphin dilemma --
The Omnibus Bill --
The new president --
The compromise --
The nation's leader --
Manifest destiny--
with limits --
The death of a party --
The aftermath --
In retrospect.
Series Title: American presidency series.
Other Titles: Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore.
Responsibility: Elbert B. Smith.

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"In this book Elbert B. Smith disagrees sharply with traditional interpretations of Taylor and Fillmore, the twelfth and thirteenth presidents (from 1848 to 1853). Smith argues that Taylor and Fillmore have been seriously misrepresented and underrated. They faced a terrible national crisis and accepted every responsibility without flinching or directing blame toward anyone else." --Publisher.

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