About the Author

Hans L. Trefousse, distinguished professor emeritus of history at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is a specialist in the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction. He is the author of biographies of leading figures of the period as well as works on the Pearl Harbor attack.

Reviews

"A useful look at an honest, if obscure, political leader who, the author argues, rightfully won his office." --Kirkus Reviews