Andrew Johnson
The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869
ISBN10: 0805069488
ISBN13: 9780805069488
Hardcover
192 Pages
$31.00
CA$43.50
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed shows how ill-suited the nation's seventeenth president was to the task of reconstructing the United States after the Civil War. With adept scholarship, Gordon-Reed illustrates how Johnson failed to provide the leadership that was needed at a pivotal moment, leaving the United States with problems that until this day continue to go unresolved.
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Praise for Andrew Johnson
"A fair-minded, toned-down portrait of a deeply problematic president who could not rise to the country's challenge after the Civil War."—Kirkus Reviews
"In a short biography, all bases can be covered, but the author is still left to exercise the tone of a personal essay, which this author accomplishes brilliantly."—Booklist (starred review)
"In this short and brilliantly written book, award-winning author Gordon-Reed argues that the nation went from the best President to the worst during this most crucial period of its history . . . This concise, well-documented, and accessible book is recommended for all college and public libraries."—Theresa McDevitt, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Library, Library Journal
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Introduction
"The True Index of His Heart"
Frederick Douglass saw it in a brief glance he exchanged with Andrew Johnson during one of the most important rituals in the life of the American nation, performed at the most trying time...