President James Buchanan

A Biography Philip S. Klein

“The work of a mature scholar who has dug deeply and carefully weighed his evidence.” —Washington Post

“An excellent biography.” —St. Louis, MO Post-Dispatch

“Klein has been prodigiously industrious. . . . If the general picture is not altered, proportions are.” —Times Literary Supplement

This balanced account of the life of the most misunderstood president fills a glaring gap in American biography.