Books written by Ted Widmer
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Martin Van Buren: The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841
Examines the life and presidency of Martin Van Buren, describing his failed efforts to control such issues as slavery and the great banking panic of 1837.
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Ark of the Liberties: America and the World
America and the World Edward L. Widmer, Ted Widmer ... He negotiated important treaties toward this end (the Burlingame Treaty with China in 1868 placed the relationship on a more modern footing), acquired Midway Island in 1867, ...
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Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE “A Lincoln classic...superb.” —The Washington Post “A book for our time.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on the Verge tells the dramatic story of America’s greatest president discovering ...
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Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE “A Lincoln classic...superb.” —The Washington Post “A book for our time.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on the Verge tells the dramatic story of America’s greatest president discovering ...
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Martin Van Buren: The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841
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 ...
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Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
Margaret Walsh, The Rise of the Midwestern Meat Packing Industry (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1982), 34; Steve C. Gordon, “From Slaughterhouse to Soap-Boiler: Cincinnati's Meat Packing Industry, Changing Technologies and ...
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Ark of the Liberties: Why American Freedom Matters to the World
In a sweeping history of centuries, Ted Widmer's Ark of the Liberties recounts America's ambition to be the world's guarantor of liberty.
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American Speeches Vol. 1 (LOA #166): Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War
Public speeches have profoundly shaped American history and culture, transforming not only our politics but also our language and our sense of national identity. This volume (the first of an...