Customer Review: This is an excellent book - period. I read dozens of presidential biographies per year, most of which are well over 500 pages. I like the long detailed biographies and do not generally like ones that are too short. I usually find them uninteresting and hurried. This is a short biography;... more info
Customer Review: This account of the political thought of Martin Van Buren is odd to say the least. Old Kinderhook is usually remembered for the Albany Regency and the birth of a distinctly American political operation. However, in this dry study of Van Buren's legal background and how it shaped his thinking, Jerome... more info
Customer Review: Van Buren wrote his memoirs in the 1850s while living in England. The work covers the period from his early political carrer in New York through Andrew Jackson's presidency. Van Buren's own presidency in not covered. His anecdotes regarding Jackson, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John Calhoun are... more info
Customer Review: First, thank you to all of those who took the time to submit reviews for this book! I read them all. Second I am currently reading a biography on every president. I found this book to be a disappointment, and couldn't agree with many of your opinions. Of the 612 pages, only something like 50 or... more info
Customer Review: A good book about one of America's first true machine politicians. Again of the American Presidency Series a somewhat short book of the intrigues of American Politics
Customer Review: Martin Van Buren's political fortunes are certainly tied to his support of Andrew Jackson. Van Buren managed Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign and although he was elected governor of New York that same year he only served 71 days before "Old Hickory" named him secretary of state. Jackson also... more info
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