Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
In this unprecedented, long-overdue warts-and-all look at James K. Polk's life and career, Borneman paints a portrait of an expansionist president and decisive statesman who redefined the country he led.
Review Quotes: "A terrific portrait of a man and his times."--Jon Meacham, author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston
"For quite a while we've needed a new biography of James K. Polk-America's great underrated president. Now, at last, Walter R. Borneman has delivered the goods. This book is both well written and diligently researched. Highly recommended!" -Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University, author of The Great Deluge
"Borneman gives us a book that is full of interest and insight and is a pleasure to read."--Robert Middlekauff, Bancroft Prize-winning author of
The Glorious Cause "[An] informed and readable biography." --
Wall Street Journal "Borneman is a trailblazer in the mold of his subject [and has produced] a volume that can stand with all but the very best presidential biographies."--
Louisville Courier-Journal "With impressive exuberance . . . Borneman rightly describes his subject as America's greatest expansionist president."--
Austin American Statesman "Borneman manages to pull [many] threads together into a comprehensible and entertaining narrative. . . . [His] biography gives Polk his due."--
Rocky Mountain News
