If you liked the history plot in Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union by Peter A. Wallner , here is a list of 9 books like this:
1. Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour
By: William C. Davis
4.07
Format: 1138 pages, Kindle Edition
“If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone, ‘Died of a theory.’” As divisi… read more
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- biography
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2. George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
By: Don Yaeger , Brian Kilmeade
3.85
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
As a Long Islander endlessly fascinated by events that happened in a place I call home, I hope with… read more
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- american history
- nonfiction
- biography
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3. Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President
By: Robert J. Rayback
3.69
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
For some reason hard to understand, the historically minded public has had to wait 85 years since t… read more
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- american history
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- us presidents
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5. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
By: Walter R. Borneman
3.00
Format: None pages,
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president … read more
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- american history
- biography
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6. The Worst President--The Story of James Buchanan
By: Garry Boulard
3.90
Format: 49 pages,
"Just 24 hours after former President James Buchanan died on June 1, 1868, the Chicago Tribune rejo… read more
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- american history
- biography
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- nonfiction
7. President James Buchanan: A Biography
By: Philip Shriver Klein
3.17
Format: None pages,
The life of James Buchanan is in essence the story of a man who declined to be a dictator. Republic… read more
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8. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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- american history
- biography
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- politics
- presidents
- nonfiction
"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
9. The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
By: H.W. Brands
3.51
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From New York Timesbestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general … read more
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10. A. Lincoln
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.30
Format: 816 pages, Hardcover
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Chr… read more
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- nonfiction
11. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
By: Joseph J. Ellis
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Following his subject from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Mon… read more
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12. James Buchanan (The American Presidents, #15)
By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Jean H. Baker
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no president was as … read more
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13. John Adams
By: David McCullough
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more
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14. Andrew Johnson: A Biography
By: Hans L. Trefousse
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Politically shrewd but fatally unable to adapt to new political realities, Andrew Johnson presided,… read more
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15. Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest
By: K. Jack Bauer
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Considering the course his life took, one might wonder how Zachary Taylor ever came to be elected t… read more
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16. Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume One
By: Michael Burlingame
4.54
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar … read more
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17. Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume Two
By: Michael Burlingame
4.54
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar … read more
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18. Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President
By: Ari Hoogenboom
0.00
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
Who was the real Rutherford B. Hayes? Was he a great or inconsequential president? How did his earl… read more
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19. Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy
By: David O. Stewart
3.60
Format: None pages,
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20. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
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21. William Henry Harrison (The American Presidents, #9)
By: Gail Collins , Sean Wilentz
4.57
Format: 140 pages, Hardcover
The president who served the shortest term--just a single month--but whose victorious election camp… read more
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