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James Polk: Building a Nation of Destiny

To indifferent students of American history who find it difficult to distinguish among, say, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce or Rutherford Birchard Hayes, our 11th president, James Knox Polk, may seem to be just another of those semiobscure White House occupants of no particular distinction. However, as Robert W. Merry shows us, he deserves much more than that. "Probably no other president presents such a chasm between actual accomplishments and popular recognition." More >
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