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William Henry Harrison: The 9th President, 1841 by Gail Collins (Paperback, 2012)
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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherTimes Books
ISBN-139780805091182
eBay Product ID (ePID)201255566
Product Key Features
Number of Pages176 Pages
Publication NameWilliam Henry Harrison: the 9th President, 1841
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPolitics
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorGail Collins
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height217 mm
Item Weight295 g
Item Width145 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorGail Collins
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