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Andrew Johnson: A Biography

Hans L. Trefousse

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Politically shrewd but fatally unable to adapt to new political realities, Andrew Johnson presided, disastrously, over the tumultuous first years of Reconstruction. In this provocative account, Hans Trefousse gives us "a brilliant, compassionate portrait of a dynamic era of social change and national healing, and of the tragic failure of an American leader" .

Language: English

Pages: 464

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: December 17, 1997

ISBN: 0393317420

ISBN 13: 9780393317428

Andrew Johnson: A Biography

Hans L. Trefousse

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Politically shrewd but fatally unable to adapt to new political realities, Andrew Johnson presided, disastrously, over the tumultuous first years of Reconstruction. In this provocative account, Hans Trefousse gives us "a brilliant, compassionate portrait of a dynamic era of social change and national healing, and of the tragic failure of an American leader" .

Language: English

Pages: 464

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: December 17, 1997

ISBN: 0393317420

ISBN 13: 9780393317428

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