Martin Van Buren The American Presidents Series: the 8th President, 1837-1841

Name: Martin Van Buren The American Presidents Series: the 8th President, 1837-1841
Price: 9.1 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780805069228

ISBN-10: 0805069224

ISBN-13: 9780805069228

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Ted Widmer, Arthur M. Schlesinger

List price: $34.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Buy new: $26.40

Marketplace

5 new & used from $9.10

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become president, the slick and dandyish Martin Van Buren was to all appearances the opposite of his predecessor, the rugged general and Democratic champion Andrew Jackson. Van Buren, a native Dutch speaker, was America's first ethnic president as well as the first New Yorker to hold the office, at a time when Manhattan was bursting with new arrivals. A sharp and adroit political operator, he established himself as a powerhouse in New York, becoming a U.S. senator, secretary of state, and vice president under Jackson, whose election he managed. His…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/5/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is renowned as a historian, a public intellectual, & a political activist. He served as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy; won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1946 for "The Age of Jackson" & in 1966 for "A Thousand Days," & in 1998 was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City.