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The 9th President,1841
The American Presidents Series
Times Books
January 2012
On Sale: January 17, 2012
176 pages
ISBN: 0805091181
EAN: 9780805091182
Kindle: B005FWOSHE
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Non-Fiction Biography
The president who served the shortest term—just a single
month—but whose victorious election campaign rewrote the
rules for candidates seeking America's highest office William Henry Harrison died just thirty-one days after
taking the oath of office in 1841. Today he is a curiosity
in American history, but as Gail Collins shows in this
entertaining and revelatory biography, he and his career are
worth a closer look. The son of a signer of the Declaration
of Independence, Harrison was a celebrated general whose
exploits at the Battle of Tippecanoe and in the War of 1812
propelled him into politics, and in time he became a leader
of the new Whig Party, alongside Daniel Webster and Henry
Clay. But it was his presidential campaign of 1840 that made
an indelible mark on American political history. Collins takes us back to that pivotal year, when Harrison's
"Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign transformed the way
candidates pursued the presidency. It was the first campaign
that featured mass rallies, personal appearances by the
candidate, and catchy campaign slogans like "Tippecanoe and
Tyler, Too." Harrison's victory marked the coming-of-age of
a new political system, and its impact is still felt in
American politics today. It may have been only a one-month
administration, but we're still feeling the effects.
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