The American Presidents: Zachary Taylor : The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849-1850 (Hardcover)

from jerry-book

Brief review of ZT's career. Not in-depth enough to be a good read.

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Not for the first time, the editors of this series have succumbed to the temptation to assign a military president to a military man and gotten exactly what they deserve: an analysis of their generalship followed by a once-over-lightly on their presidency. This is doubly unfortunate here, as the ...

from maneekuhi

This is a good summary, in 140 pages of actual text, of Taylor's life, focusing mainly on his command of US troops in the Mexican War, and 16 months as president (1849-50). This is part of the Times Books American Presidents series which offers similar treatments of most other presidents. The aut...

from auntmarge64

This brief biography of our 12th President does an excellent job of giving the basics of Taylor's military career and 16 months in office. The author keeps the reader engaged, giving enough information on events and the personalities involved with them to make sense of, especially, the Mexican-Am...

from everfresh1

It is short but very well written biography that managed to create Zachary Taylor's portrait in relatively few words. It is very complimentary to the president. He was one of the few 'reluctant' presidents and author intimates that would Taylor live longer it could potentially change the way the ...