Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son

This biography follows Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth president of the United States, from his beginnings in New Hampshire through his rise in national politics. It looks at the man behind the office, the choices that carried him to the White House, and the strains of a single term in the years before the Civil War. Written for readers interested in American presidents and the politics of the mid-nineteenth century, it offers a close look at a leader who is sometimes overshadowed by his contemporaries.