Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest (Revised)

by K. Jack Bauer

Book Overview

Considering the course his life took, one might wonder how Zachary Taylor ever came to be elected the twelfth president of the United States. According to K. Jack Bauer, Taylor "was and remains an enigma." He was a southerner who espoused many antisouthern causes, an aristocrat with a strong feeling for the common man, an energetic yet cautious and conservative soldier. Not an intellectual, Taylor showed little curiosity about the world around...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807118516
• ISBN13: 9780807118511
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"