Author: J. A. SpencerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
History of the United States : from the Earliest Period to the Administration of James Buchanan, 1
Author: J. A. SpencerJames Buchanan
Author: Jean H. BakerPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805069464
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
1. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 2. Presidents United States Biography 3. United States - Politics and Government - 1857-1861.
Bosom Friends
Author: Thomas J. BalcerskiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190914602
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The friendship of the bachelor politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did neither marry? Might they have been gay? Or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day "bromance"? In Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas J. Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. He traces the parallels in the men's personal and professional lives before elected office, including their failed romantic courtships and the stories they told about them. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as congressional messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse and became close confidantes. Around the nation's capital, the men were mocked for their effeminacy and perhaps their sexuality, and they were likened to Siamese twins. Over time, their intimate friendship blossomed into a significant cross-sectional political partnership. Balcerski examines Buchanan's and King's contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the increasingly divisive debates over slavery, while contesting interpretations that the men lacked political principles and deserved blame for the breakdown of the union. He closely narrates each man's rise to national prominence, as William Rufus King was elected vice-president in 1852 and James Buchanan the nation's fifteenth president in 1856, despite the political gossip that circulated about them. While exploring a same-sex relationship that powerfully shaped national events in the antebellum era, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were--and continue to be--an important part of success in American politics.
Catalog. Supplement, Oct. 1, 1906
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Catalog
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Catalog, 1903
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
History of the United States
Author: Jesse Ames SpencerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Pictorial history of the United States from the earliest period to the present time
Author: Benson J. LOSSINGCatalogue of All Books in the Circulating and Reference Departments of the Public School Library, Columbus ...
Author: Columbus (Ohio). Public School LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
An Outline History of the United States. For Public and Other Schools, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
Author: Benson John LossingPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385376408
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.