Mar 11, 2022 · From riveting biographies to texts covering America's territorial expansion, we bring you a guide to the best books on James K. Polk.

Apr 14, 2009 · In this unprecedented, long-overdue warts-and-all look at Polk’s life and career, we have a portrait of an expansionist president and decisive statesman who redefined the country …

Oct 6, 2016 · James K. Polk by John Seigenthaler. Lists It Appears On: Library of Congress; James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander in chief, the youngest president elected …

Jan 16, 2014 · The best biography on James K. Polk is by Charles Grier Sellers, now professor emeritus at UC-Berkeley. Unfortunately, Sellers abandoned his biography of Polk after …

Jan 4, 2004 · Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now. This newest addition to the American Presidents series edited by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. …

Nov 2, 2010 · President James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever-consequential, comes to life in this “compelling, perceptive” (The Wall Street Journal) biography of the 11th President of the …

Apr 8, 2008 · It's difficult to understand why James Polk is as enigmatic as he is today, why most of us know so little about the United States' eleventh president. Given the years of the sole …

Apr 14, 2009 · In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment.

Apr 14, 2009 · In this unprecedented, long-overdue warts-and-all look at Polk’s life and career, we have a portrait of an expansionist president and decisive statesman who redefined the country …

Feb 1, 2003 · James K. Polk is the eleventh book in The American Presidents series – a biographical series chronicling the Presidents of the United States. John Seigenthaler wrote …