Zachary Taylor : Dyer, Brainerd, 1901-1980 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

viii, pages, 2 leaves, 455 pages 22 cm

Bibliographical foot-notes. "Critical essay on authorities": pages 420-433

A Kentucky pioneer -- Beginning of a career -- Frontier duty -- Interlude -- The Black Hawk war -- Hide and seek with the Seminoles -- The army of observation -- The army of occupation -- The capture of Monterrey -- At odds with the administration -- The battle of Buena Vista -- "My unfortunate plantation" -- Presidential election of 1848 -- The spoils of victory -- Peace but not at any price -- A national crisis -- A soldier in the White House