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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195032381
ISBN-139780195032383
eBay Product ID (ePID)1826247
Product Key Features
Book TitleMartin Van Buren and the Romantic Age of American Politics
Number of Pages728 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1983
TopicLife Sciences / Botany, Presidents & Heads of State
IllustratorYes
GenreScience, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJohn Niven
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight40.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN82-014528
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"The Little Magician has at last found a biographer worthy of his stature and significance in American history. This is a masterful study of a much underestimated statesman. It is meticulously researched and beautifully crafted."--Robert V. Remini, University of Illinois"The rich tapestry woven by John Niven...adds fresh dimensions to the political history of the United States for the half-century ending with the Civil War."--Harold M. Hyman, Rice University, "The Little Magician has at last found a biographer worthy of his stature and significance in American history. This is a masterful study of a much underestimated statesman. It is meticulously researched and beautifully crafted."--Robert V. Remini,University of Illinois "The rich tapestry woven by John Niven...adds fresh dimensions to the political history of the United States for the half-century ending with the Civil War."--Harold M. Hyman,Rice University, "The Little Magician has at last found a biographer worthy of his stature and significance in American history. This is a masterful study of a much underestimated statesman. It is meticulously researched and beautifully crafted."--Robert V. Remini, University of Illinois "The rich tapestry woven by John Niven...adds fresh dimensions to the political history of the United States for the half-century ending with the Civil War."--Harold M. Hyman, Rice University
Dewey Decimal973.5/7/0924
SynopsisBased upon extensive use of the Van Buren papers and other basic primary sources of the period, this is a readable, authoitative biography of the 8th President of the United States and a close political ally of Andrew Jackson, and later upholder of the Jacksonian tradition.