Slavemaster President: The Double Career of James Polk
by William Dusinberre
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195157354
- ISBN 13
- 9780195157352
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine unpriced dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 258 pp (with epilogue, appendix, bibliography, and index). A historical review of President Polk's active and secretive involvement in the cotton plantation industry, personally buying and selling some 50 slaves who labored on an estate with a particularly high child mortality rate. The author describes how the plantation industry worked, and sheds light on activity President Polk sought to hide from public knowledge.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E27961
- Title
- Slavemaster President: The Double Career of James Polk
- Author
- William Dusinberre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195157354
- ISBN 13
- 9780195157352
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Presidents, history, American history, slavery, Polk, non-fiction, Civil War
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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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