Thomas J Balcerski

Bosom Friends

The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A dual biography of bachelor politicians James Buchanan and William Rufus King that analyzes a much-discussed intimate friendship in nineteenth-century American politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780190914592
• ISBN-10: 0190914599
• Artikelnr.: 56396266

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Balcerski is an assistant professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Remembering
* Chapter 1: Leavening, 1786-1819
* Chapter 2: Hardening, 1820-1834
* Chapter 3: Messing, 1834-1840
* Chapter 4: Wooing, 1840-1844
* Chapter 5: Ministering, 1844-1848
* Chapter 6: Running, 1848-1853
* Chapter 7: Presiding, 1853-1868
* Epilogue: Preserving
* Appendix A: Washington Residences of James Buchanan and William Rufus
King (1834-1853)
* Appendix B: Percentage Correlation of Roll Call Votes of James
Buchanan with Senators of the Bachelor's Mess, 23rd to 28th
Congresses (1834-1844)
* Appendix C: Calendar of Correspondence of James Buchanan / Harriet
Lane Johnston and William Rufus King / Catherine Margaret Ellis
(1837-1868)
* Acknowledgments
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index