Reason to celebrate -- Young man of Pennsylvania -- A life in politics -- Honors at home and abroad -- A run for the White House -- Conflicts and controversies -- Bleeding Kansas and John Brown -- A nation divided -- Taking the blame -- Glossary -- James Buchanan's life at a glance -- James Buchanan's life and times -- World events -- Understanding James Buchanan and his presidency better.
Summary
A biography of the fifteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-258) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The transformation of presidential commemoration -- Prologue: the words in the Lincoln Memorial -- A shift in commemoration: the Roosevelt Presidential Library -- The rhetoric of the replica: the Truman Library's Oval Office and Benton Mural -- Symbolic power, democratic access, and the imperial presidency: the Johnson Library -- Celebrity and power: the commemoration of first ladies -- Reinventing the presidential library: the new displays at the Truman Museum -- Conclusion: Presidential libraries and the final campaign.
From schoolboy to politician -- The road to the Senate -- Approaching storm -- Moving toward war -- Time line -- Glossary -- The United States government -- Choosing the president -- The White House -- Presidential perks -- Facts.
Immigrant's son -- Love and politics -- To Washington : congressman Buchanan -- Senator Buchanan -- Diplomacy -- The most suitable man for the times -- President Buchanan -- March toward war -- Back to wheatland.
"Auction: session one: Friday, April 20, 2007 at 6 PM, session two: Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 10 AM. Exhibition: Wednesday, April 11 - 9 AM to 4 PM ..."
Summary: Bounded by fate, Mr. Faehner stands raedy to fulfill a lifetime's ambition to find the silver! By his assertions, it lies somewhere in the extent of the vast "beyond"--beyond the reach of the long-ago played-out tunnels of the Pequea Silver Mine he has since come to own. He believes, as he has since he was young, that an unbelievable quantity and quality of the precious ore exists there, and he has spend his life in pursuit of it. Then, on the very day before the truth of its descovery can be made possible, he is prevailed upon by an inveigling young reporter who as crashed one of his momentous "moments of my life" parties. Ingtrigued by the reporter's tenacithy and integrity under duress, Mr. Faehner grants him an exclusive never-before given interview--the chance of a life time. Amid the hours-long discussion, the reporter is taken on an extraordinary journey into the billionaire's private life. The storied past of intentional and unintentional achievement, of adversaries come-to-life once again, is told All were part of the hope for finding, for the silver!
Libraries and copyright -- Designing the library web page -- Libraries and copyright -- Filters in the library and other restrictions on Internet access -- Digital library resources and patrons with disabilities -- Library records and privacy -- Meeting rooms and displays : the public soapbox inside the library -- Professional liability : reference, collection, book reviews, latchkey children -- Issues in library employment -- Friends, the internet and lobbying.