James Buchanan

  • James Buchanan
    By Jeff C. Young

    Collins , David R. and Richard G. Young , ed . James Buchanan : Fifteenth President of the United States . Ada , Olka .: Garrett Educational Corporation , 1990 . Curtis , George T. Life of James Buchanan . Temecula , Calif .

  • James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861
    By Jean H. Baker

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  • James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861
    By Jean H. Baker

    A look at the presidency of James Buchanan, whose administration paved the way for the onslaught of the Civil War, details his failures as a president, including his lack of compromise and his weak leadership in a time of national crisis.

  • James Buchanan
    By D. Reisman

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  • James Buchanan: Our Fifteenth President
    By Gerry Souter, Janet Souter

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  • James Buchanan
    By Megan M. Gunderson

    This biography introduces readers to James Buchanan including his early political career and key events from Buchanan's administration including the Dred Scott case and the secession of seven Southern states prior to the American Civil War.

  • James Buchanan
    By Megan M. Gunderson

    This biography introduces readers to James Buchanan including his early political career and key events from Buchanan's administration including the Dred Scott case and the secession of seven Southern states prior to the American Civil War.

  • James Buchanan: A Life from Beginning to End
    By Hourly History

    Buchanan himself, however, always held out the hope that history would vindicate him and the role he played. In this book, we explore James Buchanan's life-before, during, and after the American Civil War-in full.

  • James Buchanan
    By Andrew Santella

    A biography discussing the personal life, education, and political career of the fifteenth president of the United States, James Buchanan.

  • James Buchanan
    By Marlene Targ Brill

    Describes the early life and political career of the man who served as president in the years just before the Civil War.

  • James Buchanan: Our 15th President
    By Gerry Souter, Janet Souter

    A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States.

  • James Buchanan: The Biography of the 15th President of the United States and His Unpopular Legacy
    By United Library

    The book explores Buchanan's complex stance on slavery, his intervention in the Dred Scott case, and his support for pro-slavery policies in Kansas, which further intensified sectional tensions.

  • James Buchanan: 15th U. S. President
    By Dhirubhai Patel

    James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States, serving immediately prior to the American Civil War

  • James Buchanan
    By Sandra Donovan

    Presents the life and accomplishments of the fifteenth president of the United States, who worked to improve relations with Great Britain and tried, unsuccessfully, to avoid the Civil War with the Crittenden Compromise.