Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest

by K. Jack Bauer

Book Overview

Considering the course his life took, one might wonder how Zachary Taylor ever came to be elected the twelfth president of the United States. According to K. Jack Bauer, Taylor 'was and remains an enigma.' He was a southerner who espoused many antisouthern causes, an aristocrat with a strong feeling for the common man, an energetic yet cautious and conservative soldier. Not an intellectual, Taylor showed little curiosity about the world around him...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807112372
• ISBN13: 9780807112373
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.