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Jean H. Baker

Auteur van Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography

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Jean H. Baker is the author of Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists (Hill and Wang, 2005) and many other books on American history. She is a professor of history at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.

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A concise but complete description of Buchanan's presidency which was followed by Lincoln's. Some historians feel that Buchanan's presidency was over shadowed by the Lincoln's which led to major changes in America with the Emancipation and a stronger interpretation of the Constitution when it came to state rights. This historian feels that Buchanan was poor president because he let his strong bias towards the South to interfere in what he truly wish to protest- the Union. Ironically, his actions especially with the slavery issue in Kansas and the lack of fortifying Fort Sumpter encouraged the Secessionists to be bold in their actions against the Union.

This historian puts him the list of the our worst presidents in US history.
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lamour | 7 andere besprekingen | Mar 23, 2023 |
Briefly summarizes the case for the conclusion that Buchanan was indeed, as often supposed, the worst US President prior to 2001. In contrast to his predecessors he not only failed through omission to take the steps that would have avoided the Civil War, but acts of commission (the collusion with Taney in the Dred Scott case was only the most notorious example) were so wrong that they made the war inevitable. Recommended.
 
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HenrySt123 | 7 andere besprekingen | Jul 19, 2021 |
Bought my copy after a very well done tour of the Mary Todd Lincoln house in Lexington on the recommendation by one of the guides. An interesting story, an interesting and insightful book.
 
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rsairs | 4 andere besprekingen | Aug 9, 2018 |
An excellent, brief biography of the worst president in US history, and nearly a traitor at that.
 
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