Andrew Johnson [Inscribed and Signed]

Annette Gordon-Reed

ISBN 10: 0805069488 / ISBN 13: 9780805069488

Editore: Times Books / Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2011

New York: Times Books / Henry Holt and Company, 2011. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; xviii,[2],166pp.; frontispiece. Light wear to dust jacket, corners nudged, textblock a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on half title page, "For Michel / Thanks very much. Annette Gordon-Reed / 2/6/12." Forms part of the American Presidents series edited by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and Sean Wilentz. Codice articolo 45040

Riassunto:

A portrait of America's 17th president describes how Andrew Johnson was unexpectedly thrust into America's highest office following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his failed efforts to bring about reconciliation following the Civil War, the antagonism of congressional leaders who sought his impeachment, and his legacy. 25,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull'autore: Annette Gordon-Reed is the author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History and the National Book Award. She holds three appointments at Harvard University: professor of law at Harvard Law School, professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. A MacArthur Fellow and a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, she is also the author of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy; the coauthor with Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., of Vernon Can Read!; and the editor of Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History. She lives in New York City.

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Titolo: Andrew Johnson [Inscribed and Signed]
Casa editrice: Times Books / Henry Holt and Company, New York
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good
autografato: Autografato dall'autore
Edizione: prima edizione