The Three Kentucky Presidents

The Three Kentucky Presidents
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 98
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ISBN-10 : 9780813158440
ISBN-13 : 0813158443
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Download or read book The Three Kentucky Presidents written by Holman Hamilton and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three Kentucky presidents—Abraham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor, and Jefferson Davis—were profoundly shaped by their experiences in Kentucky, poised as it was on the border between the North and the South, the East and the Western Frontier. Holman Hamilton asserts that these leaders were personally and politically influenced by their connections to the state. The contrasting traits of western frontiersman and southern aristocrat illuminate Kentucky's heritage and affected Taylor, Lincoln, and Davis, presidents during one of America's most troubled eras. Frontier values influenced Lincoln's and Taylor's views on the major issues of their time: extension of slavery, which they opposed, and preservation of the Union, which they supported. Davis's career reflects Southern values, leading him to favor slavery's extension and the Confederacy.


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