| John Tyler A President of Many Firsts by Jane C. Walker January 2001, 6 x 9", 64 pages 5 color & 15 b/w figures Softcover $12.95 (0-939923-81-5) |
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| DESCRIPTION John Tyler is a concise, lively, illustrated biography of the tenth president of the United States. Tyler was the first American president to have been born after the American Revolution, and his development took place in the national and political context of a young country seeking to define itself. States' sovereignty, the national bank, western expansion, slavery, and foreign relations were important issues of the times. Tyler, a man of principle, placed the interests of the nation before those of his own political party at a time when national growth and maturation were playing out. The first trade agreement between the United States and China and a treaty for the annexation of Texas were among Texas were among Tyler's bold and important accomplishments. This book reviews many of the "firsts" associated with the life and presidency of John Tyler, and describes how the issues and conflicts of his presidency affected the man and helped to shape the identity of the young American nation. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jane C. Walker lives and writes in Midlothian, Virginia. She holds degrees in Elementary and Secondary Education (BS, University of Rhode Island) and Reading (MA, University of Richmond). A public school reading teacher, Ms. Walker believes that biographies can and should bring out the personalities of the individual honored and breathe life into history. John Tyler is Ms. Walker's second biography of an American president, a subject in which she has an intense interest since she is indirectly related to four of them: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Millard Filmore, and Ulysses Grant. Other related titles: Homes and Libraries of the Presidents - Third Edition Presidential Sites: A Directory of Places Associated with the Presidents of the United States In the Footsteps of George Washington
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