Andrew Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

by Annette Gordon-Reed

Book Overview

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task--to succeed America's greatest chief executive, to bind the nation's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805069488
• ISBN13: 9780805069488
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"