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PublisherHolt & Company, Henry

ISBN-100805091181

ISBN-139780805091182

eBay Product ID (ePID)109001131

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Book TitleWilliam Henry Harrison : the American Presidents Series: the 9th President 1841

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicPolitical Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / 19th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General, United States / General

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorGail Collins

Book SeriesThe American Presidents Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-018976

ReviewsPraise for When Everything Changed: "Smart, thorough, often droll and extremely readable. . . . The best summary of American women's social and political history that I've read."-- The New York Times Book Review "Fascinating... Readers will appreciate the exceptional detail with which Collins lays out the accepted universe of closed opportunities and limited horizons that women faced in 1960."-- Boston Sunday Globe "Splendid...Collins is a masterful storyteller."-- NPR.com, "A surprisingly entertaining biography. . . . [that] tells everything the average reader might want to know about our ninth president. . . . While he accomplished nothing as president, [Harrison's] earlier achievements are well served in this excellent addition to the American Presidents series."-- Publishers Weekly , "A surprisingly entertaining biography. . . . [that] tells everything the average reader might want to know about our ninth president. . . . While he accomplished nothing as president, [Harrison's] earlier achievements are well served in this excellent addition to the American Presidents series." -- Publishers Weekly, A surprisingly entertaining biography. . . . [that] tells everything the average reader might want to know about our ninth president. . . . While he accomplished nothing as president, [Harrison's] earlier achievements are well served in this excellent addition to the American Presidents series., "A surprisingly entertaining biography. . . . [that] tells everything the average reader might want to know about our ninth president. . . . While he accomplished nothing as president, [Harrison's] earlier achievements are well served in this excellent addition to the American Presidents series." --Publishers Weekly, "A surprisingly entertaining biography. . . . [that] tells everything the average reader might want to know about our ninth president. . . . While he accomplished nothing as president, [Harrison's] earlier achievements are well served in this excellent addition to the American Presidents series."- Publishers Weekly

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal973.5/8092 B

SynopsisThe president who served the shortest term--just a single month--but whose victorious election campaign rewrote the rules for candidates seeking America's highest office William Henry Harrison died just thirty-one days after taking the oath of office in 1841. Today he is a curiosity in American history, but as Gail Collins shows in this entertaining and revelatory biography, he and his career are worth a closer look. The son of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Harrison was a celebrated general whose exploits at the Battle of Tippecanoe and in the War of 1812 propelled him into politics, and in time he became a leader of the new Whig Party, alongside Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. But it was his presidential campaign of 1840 that made an indelible mark on American political history. Collins takes us back to that pivotal year, when Harrison's "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign transformed the way candidates pursued the presidency. It was the first campaign that featured mass rallies, personal appearances by the candidate, and catchy campaign slogans like "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too." Harrison's victory marked the coming-of-age of a new political system, and its impact is still felt in American politics today. It may have been only a one-month administration, but we're still feeling the effects.

LC Classification NumberE392.C65 2012