The William Howard Taft Presidency

by Lewis L. Gould

Book Overview

The only president to later serve as chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft remarked in the 1920s that "I don't remember that I ever was President." Historians have agreed, and Taft is usually portrayed, when written about at all, as nothing more than a failed chief executive. In this provocative new study, the first treatment of the Taft presidency in four decades, Lewis L. Gould presents a compelling assessment of Taft's accomplishments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700616748
• ISBN13: 9780700616749
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"