Zachary Taylor
Subtitle: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest (Southern Biography)
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: August 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780807118511
Subjects: Biography: general; Central government; Mexican War, 1846-1848; U.S. President; Biography / Autobiography; United States - Antebellum Era; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Presidents; General; Biography; Campaigns; Generals; United States
First sentence: THE FIRST DECADE of independence for the new United States was a time of uncertainty, of economic discouragement, of political instability, and of social upheaval.