Worst. President. Ever
Subtitle: James Buchanan, the POTUS rating game, and the legacy of the least of the lesser presidents
By: Robert Strauss
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781493024834; 9781493024841
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Biography
Description: Worst. President. Ever flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightening, entertaining, and at times hilarious account of poor James Buchanan's presidency to prove once and for all that, well, few leaders could have done worse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the worst. President. Ever; title: The Young Buck; title: Up from Lancaster; title: The man who would be president, again and again; title: The election of 1856: the most consequential in American history; title: The worst presidency begins; title: The middle Buchanan presidency: hardly better; title: Mr. Buchanan's War; title: The legacy of the least of the lesser presidents.