I: The man -- Old Hickory's boy -- Carrying the water -- Tennessee and Old Tippecanoe -- The last defeat -- Hands off Texas -- A summons from Old Hickory -- Baltimore, 1844 -- "Who is James K. Polk?" ...
Introduction: Ritual of democracy: the emergence of an expansionist president -- Young Hickory: the making of a Jackson protégé -- Tennessee and Washington: the rise and fall of a presidential ...
Polk: America’s Greatest Overachiever | Great American Story James K. Polk, the workaholic President who added 621M acres to the U.S. and kept every campaign promise in just one term. Witness the man ...