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Author Strauss, Robert, 1951- author.

Title Worst. President. Ever. : James Buchanan, the POTUS rating game, and the legacy of the least of the lesser presidents / Robert Strauss
Published Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

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Contents Introducing the worst. President. Ever -- The Young Buck -- Up from Lancaster -- The man who would be president, again and again -- The election of 1856: the most consequential in American history -- The worst presidency begins -- The middle Buchanan presidency: hardly better -- Mr. Buchanan's War -- The legacy of the least of the lesser presidents
Summary Flipping the great presidential biography on its head, Worst. President. Ever. is an enlightening-and highly entertaining!-account of poor James Buchanan's presidency. This book proves once and for all that, well, few leaders could have done worse. But author Robert Strauss also explores with insight and humor the entire notion of ranking our presidents. He guides us through the POTUS rating game played by historians and others, the world of presidential history buffs, presidential sites, the presidency itself, and how and why the White House can often take the best measures out of even the mo
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Subject Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
SUBJECT Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 fast
Subject Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Politics and government
Presidents
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140440
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016024264
ISBN 9781493024841
1493024841