James Knox Polk: A Great Wartime President

From: Human Events | Date: November 22, 2004| Author: Lutton, Wayne | Copyright information

New Biography of 'Young Hickory' Highlights Achievements of America's llth Commander in Chief James Knox Polk: A Great Wartime President James K. Polk: 1845-1849 (The American Presidents Series) By John Seigenthaler Times Books, 2004 $20.00,208 pp.

This past year's election campaign and the death of President Ronald Reagan prompted journalists and scholars to once again rate our Presidents. Aside from George Washington, "greatness" tends to depend on a particular commentator's ideologi...

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