Title:
A country of vast designs : James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the conquest of the American continent / Robert W. Merry.
Author:
Merry, Robert W., 1946-
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010.
Call Number:
E417 .M1153 2010
Abstract:
Explores the one-term presidency of James K. Polk, during which the United States extended its territory across the continent by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln opposed.
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9780743297448
Physical Description:
x, 576 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
General Note:
Originally published in hardcover: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2009.
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