Andrew Johnson

Burgan, Michael

Andrew Johnson by Michael Burgan. - Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2003. - 64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. - Profiles of the presidents .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61) and index.

The rise and fall of a common man -- The young tailor -- A rising political star -- Preserving the Union -- Battling Congress -- The former president.

A biography of the seventeenth president of the United States, from his humble beginnings as a tailor in North Carolina through his controversial term as the first post-Civil War president and beyond.

0756502640

2002009942


Johnson, Andrew,--Juvenile literature.
Johnson, Andrew,


Presidents--United States--Biography
Presidents

E667 / .B87 2003

973.8/1/092