Franklin Pierce: America's 14th President

by John DiConsiglio

Book Overview

Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was handsome, gregarious, and famous for his cloquence. In private life and in politics, however, he proved to be unlucky and unhappy. As a young man he suffered from alcoholism, his wife was often ill, and their three sons died in childhood. A Northern Democrat with Southern sympathies, he was nominated for president in 1852 and won the election against a hapless Whig opponent. He soon lost the support of the North...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0516242350
• ISBN13: 9780516242354
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

into the abys

As a president who is popularly tied with Buchanan for the bottom of the barrel, it is refreshing that the volumne comes up with a story of interest. Even though this may be an obscure period for most of us, the bridge between the Revolution and the Civil War is represented in this story. Worth reading