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035 _a(Sirsi) li0805082379
035 _a(OCoLC)180989637
037 _bHenry Holt & Co, C/O Mps 175 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, USA, 10010 SAN 631-5011
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100 1 _aEisenhower, John S. D.,
_d1922-
245 1 0 _aZachary Taylor /
_cJohn S.D. Eisenhower.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bTimes Books,
_cc2008.
300 _axviii, 167 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c22 cm.
440 0 _aAmerican presidents.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [155]-157) and index.
505 0 _aEarly career -- Unsung hero -- "Old rough and ready" -- Fort Jesup to the Rio Grande -- War with Mexico! -- Monterrey -- Buena Vista -- The election of 1848 -- Inauguration and early days in the White House -- California and New Mexico -- Foreign affairs-- The great debate -- The death of the president.
520 _aA profile of the twelfth president traces his rise in the military and successes in the Mexican war to his election as the first president without a prior political office, in an account that also offers insight into Taylor's views on slavery and his sudden death.
600 1 0 _aTaylor, Zachary,
_d1784-1850.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1849-1853.
650 0 _aGenerals
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aMexican War, 1846-1848
_xCampaigns.
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