When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomatic struggle with Britain over the rich lands of the Oregon Territory, which included what is now Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Texas, ...

A highly acclaimed biography of a much neglected president, a gripping narrative that illuminates a crucial epoch in U.S. history.

The author of the acclaimed biography of President James Polk offers a fresh, playful, and challenging way of playing America's favorite game—by pitching historians' views and subsequent experts' polls against the judgment and votes...