Topic: Franklin Pierce
Reuters Life! Online Report | 138 days ago
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - When historian Michael F. Holt was asked to write a book on Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, he admits he had little interest in the Democrat who ran the country from 1853 to 1857. But Holt, a leading historian of 19th century U.S. politics and author of six books, said he was ...