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Andrew Johnson

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2011

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Title:	Andrew Johnson
Author:	Gordon-Reed, Annette.
Edition:	First edition
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2011.
Description:	xviii, 166 pages : portraits ; 22 cm.
Summary:	A portrait of America's seventeenth president describes Andrew Johnson's failed efforts to bring about reconciliation following the Civil War, the antagonism of congressional leaders who sought his impeachment, and his legacy for the present.
Series:	The American presidents American presidents series (Times Books (Firm))
Subjects:	Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. Presidents -- United States -- Biography. United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1869.
Genre:	Biographies.
Contents:	The tailor's apprentice -- Ascent -- Governor and Senator Johnson -- Disunion -- Military governor and vice president -- Mr. President -- The president obstructs -- Impeachment. "The true index of his heart" -- The tailor's apprentice -- Ascent -- Governor and Senator Johnson -- Disunion -- From military governor to vice president -- Mr. President -- The president obstructs -- Impeachment -- Epilogue: the aftermath.
ISBN	0805069488 (hc.)

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