Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating

Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents

Worst. President. Ever. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlighteningâ€”and highly entertaining!â€”account of poor James Buchananâ€™s presidency to prove once and for all that, well, few leaders could have done worse.

But author Robert Strauss does much more, leading readers out of Buchananâ€™s terrible term in officeâ€”meddling in the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, exacerbating the Panic of 1857, helping foment the John Brown uprisings and â€œBloody Kansas,â€ virtually inviting a half-dozen states to secede from the Union as a lame duck, and on and onâ€”to explore with insight and humor his own obsession with presidents, and ultimately the entire notion of ranking our presidents. He guides us through the POTUS rating game of historians and others who have made their own Mount Rushmoresâ€”or Marianas Trenches!â€”of presidential achievement, showing why Buchanan easily loses to any of the others, but also offering insights into presidential history buffs like himself, the forgotten "lesser" presidential sites, sex and the presidency, the presidency itself, and how and why it can often take the best measures out of even the most dedicated men.
Country USA
Manufacturer Lyons Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781493024834
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents