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Polk
The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
By Borneman, Walter R.
- ISBN
- 978-1-40006-560-8
- Publisher
- Random House
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2008
Borneman (1812: The War That Forged a Nation) presents a birth-death biography of Polk, albeit one leaving readers wishing there were more details of his subject's early life. About half of the book dwells on the presidency of a man who resolved from the start to serve only one term. Yet Polk exerted tremendous influence over the nation's path between 1845 and 1849. Borneman soundly argues that Polk was not the dark horse ca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
