Franklin Pierce
The 14th Presidency (1853–1857)By Atlas Meyers
Length1h 9m
About this audiobook
THE GOVERNANCE OF GRIEF
Franklin Pierce entered the White House a shattered man. Having witnessed the tragic death of his only son weeks before his inauguration, he governed with a fatalism that allowed the nation's fragile peace to incinerate. This volume analyzes the era of the broken seal, where a weak executive’s attempt to appease the South triggered the first shots of the Civil War.
Inside, you will discover:
The psychological paralysis of a president in mourning.
The legislative disaster of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
The Young America movement and the secret plot to seize Cuba.
The bloody guerrilla war of Bleeding Kansas and the rise of John Brown.
The political execution of a leader denied renomination by his own party.
Pierce sought to save the Union by giving the slave power everything it demanded, only to leave office as a ghost haunting the ruin he helped design.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreBiography and Memoir, History
Length1 hr 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 17, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1: The Silence of the Snow
4Chapter 4: The Prairie Fire
2Chapter 2: The Geometry of Betrayal
5Chapter 5: The Abandoned Chair
3Chapter 3: The Manifesto of Greed
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