A biography of the New England politician who became the fourteenth President.
Discusses the early life, family, political career, and contributions of the fourteenth president of the United States.
Franklin Pierce was one of the least known, least liked, and least successful presidents in American history. In this new study of his administration, historian Larry Gara makes no attempt...
In this second volume of Wallner's Pierce biography, President Pierce faces unscrupulous and corrupt politicians, comically inept diplomats, violent adventurers, fanatical reformers, fraud, and speculation within an increasingly divided and...
Franklin Pierce and his administration
Chronicles the life and political career of the fourteenth president of the United States.
Examines the life and times of Franklin Pierce, placing this president within his historical and cultural context, while at the same time focusing on the major events that occurred during each his administration.
Life of Franklin Pierce
1767 – John Quincy Adams , sixth president of the U.S. and son of second president John Adams , is born in Braintree , Massachusetts . Andrew Jackson , seventh president of the U.S. , is born in Waxhaw settlement , South Carolina .
They Knew Franklin Pierce (and Others Thought They Did): A Sampling of Opinions about the 14th U.S. President Drawn from...
"Franklin Pierce - - the fourteenth President of the United Sates - - has existed in the public mind as a stereotype rather than as a many-sided human being. The...