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Bezig met laden... The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten Presidentdoor George Pendle
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I'm just here to say I love the idea that anyone went into this book thinking it had a scrap of truth in it. There is at least one indignant review out proclaiming outrage at having been mislead into buying this biography of Millard Fillmore. Dude is riding a UNICORN on the cover. 'The Remarkable Millard Fillmare' was a welcome break from mid-term madness for me at the time and worth picking up if you're a history student in need of a laugh. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Millard Fillmore has been mocked, maligned, or, most cruelly of all, ignored by generations of historians--but no more! This unbelievable new biography finally rescues the unlucky thirteenth U.S. president from the dustbin of history and shows why a man known as a blundering, arrogant, shallow, miserable failure was really our greatest leader. In the first fully researched portrait of Fillmore ever written, the reader can finally come face-to-face with a misunderstood genius. By meticulously extrapolating outrageous conclusions from the most banal and inconclusive of facts, The Remarkable Millard Fillmore reveals the adventures of an unjustly forgotten president. He fought at the Battle of the Alamo! He shepherded slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad! He discovered gold in California! He wrestled with the emperor of Japan! It is a list of achievements that puts those of Washington and Lincoln completely in the shade. Refusing to be held back by established history or recorded fact, here George Pendle paints an extraordinary portrait of an ordinary man and restores the sparkle to an unfairly tarnished reputation. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)973.64092History and Geography North America United States 1845-1861 Millard Fillmore (9 July 1850-4 Mar. 1853)LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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