Description
From the time he left office in 1853, President Millard Fillmore has become increasingly shrouded in mystery and stereotyped by anecdotes with slender connections to facts. The real Fillmore was not the weak and boring figurehead many Americans believe he was.
This account of Fillmore's life is drawn largely from his family's personal papers, many of which have previously been suppressed or were unavailable or believed lost. It presents Fillmore as his own letters do, and as his friends, family members, and contemporaries saw him, as a distinguished and honorable man who was also a strong and effective president. This comprehensive work includes photographs, a genealogy of the Fillmore family, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.
About the Author
The late Robert J. Scarry was a high school American history teacher. He lived in Moravia, New York.
Reviews
"meticulously researched.... This definitive life story will round out often-incomplete collections of presidential biographies"-Booklist.
Book Information
ISBN 9780786443406
Author Robert J. Scarry
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 744g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 22mm
