This was a mediocre book, interesting to a large degree about this not-well-known 10th President of the U.S., but with lots of conclusions and opinions presented by the author as obvious facts. The insights into the personalities of Mr. Tyler and his 30-years-younger second wife were amusing-to-illuminating. Quite worthwhile was the contrast shown between the beliefs and attitudes of Mr. Tyler and those of numerous other, and well-known, politicians of the time: Calhoun, Webster and especially Clay. Overall, I am very glad I read it. ( )