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Zachary Taylor

Title
Zachary Taylor, by Brainerd Dyer.
Author
Dyer, Brainerd, 1901-1980.
Publication
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1946.

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Description
viii, pages, 2 leaves, 455 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits, maps, plan; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Southern biography series
Uniform Title
Southern biography series.
Subject
  • Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
  • Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
  • Taylor
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical foot-notes. "Critical essay on authorities": p. [420]-433.
Contents
A Kentucky pioneer -- Beginning of a career -- Frontier duty -- Interlude -- The Black Hawk war -- Hide and seek with the Seminoles -- The army of observation -- The army of occupation -- The capture of Monterrey -- At odds with the administration -- The battle of Buena Vista -- "My unfortunate plantation" -- Presidential election of 1848 -- The spoils of victory -- Peace but not at any price -- A national crisis -- A soldier in the White House.
LCCN
47000142
OCLC
  • ocm00808111
  • 808111
  • SCSB-586351
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library