Franklin Pierce, Young Hickory of the Granite Hills
Roy F. Nichols (Author)
Print Book, English, 1958
[2d ed., completely rev.] View all formats and editions
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa., 1958
Biography
xvii, 625 pages : portraits, maps, facsimiles ; 24 cm
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Pt 1: Youth 1804-1829: A boy in the land of hills
Scientia Suos Cultores Coronat
Initiation of esquire pierce into law and politics
Pt 2: Local Politician 1829-1833: The governor's son
Moods and musings of the gentleman from Hillsborough
Pt 3: Representing new Hampshire in Washington 1833-1842: A fitting prelude
Jacksonian congressman
A political honeymoon
Homemaking
The winter of his discontent
Senator-elect
The youngest senator
Retirement from public life
Pt 4: Circuit lawyer 1842-1846: In Concord
Punishing Isaac Hill
Temperance crusader
Maintaining party orthodoxy
Battle with the allies
Pt 5: Mexican War 1846-1848: The politician goes forth to war
March to Puebla
Elusive Glory
Pt 6: Years of greatest effectiveness 1848-1851: Zenith
Dictator
Pt 7: A crowd of strange experiences: 1851-1853: A pawn in the game
A staggering possibility
Running for president
Preparing to be a statesman
Tragedy
Assuming a burden
The inauguration
A new way of life
Pt 8: Working out an executive program: 1853-1854: Distributing the patronage
Shaping administrative policies
On the defensive
Attempting party discipline
Preparing the administration program for congress
Congress assembles
Society receives its due
Opening skirmishes
Reaching an accord with the senate
Inaugurating a foreign policy
Pt 9: Disappointments and defeats: 1854-1855: The first administration measure
Entering world politics
Midsummer with Congress
Another Cuban hope
Popular reactions
The end o Cuban annexation
Salvaging the program
The routine of administration
Putting down the know-nothings
Diplomatic fencing
The territorial problem
Squatter sovereignty in practice
Summer miscellany
Pt 11: Decisive Action: 1855-1856: Choosing to run
Assuming leadership
The first step
An unpleasant turn of fate
Coping with treason in Kansas
A rising power
The approach of the convention
Defiance of Great Britain at last
The calamities of a month
Disillusionment
Pt 12: Finishing his work: 1856-1857: Kansas as campaign material
Kansas in Congress
Establishing peace in Kansas
Preparing for retirement
The final accounting
A president departs
Pt 13: Watching events 1857-1869: Wandering
Striving to save the Union
Opposition to the war
The dissolution of a personality