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Index
Cover
Other Books By This Author
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
List of Maps
INTRODUCTION: Dark Horse, Bright Land
A Prologue In Two Parts
Key Dates In The Life Of James K. Polk
Part 1 - The Man
Chapter 1 - Old Hickory's Boy
Chapter 2 - Carrying the Water
Chapter 3 - Tennessee and Old Tippecanoe
Chapter 4 - The Last Defeat
Chapter 5 - Hands Off Texas
Chapter 6 - A Summons from Old Hickory
Chapter 7 - Baltimore, 1844
Chapter 8 - “Who Is James K. Polk?”
Part 2 - The Conquest
Chapter 9 - Making Good on Texas
Chapter 10 - Standing Firm on Oregon
Chapter 11 - Eyeing California
Chapter 12 - Mission to Mexico
Chapter 13 - “American Blood upon American Soil”
Chapter 14 - 54°40’ or Compromise!
Chapter 15 - To Santa Fe and Beyond
Chapter 16 - Mr. Polk's War
Chapter 17 - Old Bullion's Son-in-Law
Chapter 18 - A President on the Spot
Chapter 19 - Securing the Spoils
Chapter 20 - The Whigs Find Another General
Chapter 21 - Homeward Bound
Chapter 22 - A Presidential Assessment
EPILOGUE: Sarah
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
Copyright
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