Tennessee's Presidents (Three Star Series) - Softcover

Williams Jr., Frank B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870493221 ISBN 13: 9780870493225

Publisher: University of Tennessee Press, 1981

Synopsis

Tennessee gave the United States three presidents – Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson. To produce this illuminating account of their lives from their own points of view, Professor Williams has drawn on letters, biographies, and monographs. Although their family backgrounds and levels of education differed, each of the three men developed an interest in politics early in his career and realized his greatest political success during the presidency. Although none of the three considered himself a reformer, each man made decisions that had lasting effects on the country. In Tennessee’s Presidents, Frank B. Williams, Jr., portrays Jackson, Polk, and Johnson as men influenced by their environments, the issues of the day, and the public they served.

Frank B. Williams, Jr., is professor emeritus of history, east Tennessee State University, won that institution’s Distinguished Faculty Award in 1977. The author of numerous articles, he was the recipient of the 1955 McClung Award for the best article in Publications of the East Tennessee Historical Society.
 

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About the Author

Frank B. Williams, Jr., is professor emeritus of history, east Tennessee State University, won that institution’s Distinguished Faculty Award in 1977. The author of numerous articles, he was the recipient of the 1955 McClung Award for the best article in Publications of the East Tennessee Historical Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870493221
• ISBN 13: 9780870493225
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 124