A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent Memoir_Gift_Guide Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

the Cripple Creek District

at a time when the young Continental Navy numbered no more than about sixty vessels all told

and eat well—for life

A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent Memoir_Gift_Guide Joyce Carol OatesPresident James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever consequential, comes to life in this compelling, perceptive (The Wall Street Journal) biography of the 11th President of the United States, Andrew Jacksons protg, and champion of manifest destiny. When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomatic struggle with Britain over which country would inherit the rich lands of the Oregon Territory. Texas, not