Correspondence of James K. Polk, Volume 12, January-July 1847: Volume 12

by Tom Chaffin, Michael David Cohen, James K. Polk

Volume 12 of the Correspondence of James K. Polk documents a critical seven months in one of America's most transformational presidencies. Polk was the eleventh U.S. president (1845-49). Many of this volume's letters chronicle the Tennessean's prosecution of the Mexican War, a conflict that, along with his 1846 acquisition of what is today's Pacific Northwest, increased by one-third the size of the United States. The letters, most of them until...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572339527
• ISBN13: 9781572339521
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"