Jean H. Baker
Author of Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography
About the Author
Jean H. Baker is the author of Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists (Hill and Wang, 2005) and many other books on American history. She is a professor of history at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
Works by Jean H. Baker
Associated Works
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Contributor — 110 copies
"We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Last Best Hope of Earth (1995) — Contributor — 35 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Baker, Jean Hogarth Harvey
- Birthdate
- 1933-02-09
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University
Goucher College - Occupations
- historian
professor - Organizations
- Goucher College
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Reviews
Briefly summarizes the case for the conclusion that Buchanan was indeed, as often supposed, the worst US President prior to 2001. In contrast to his predecessors he not only failed through omission to take the steps that would have avoided the Civil War, but acts of commission (the collusion with Taney in the Dred Scott case was only the most notorious example) were so wrong that they made the war inevitable. Recommended.
Bought my copy after a very well done tour of the Mary Todd Lincoln house in Lexington on the recommendation by one of the guides. An interesting story, an interesting and insightful book.
An excellent, brief biography of the worst president in US history, and nearly a traitor at that.
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