Polk's Folly: An American Family History - Hardcover

Polk, William Roe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385491506 ISBN 13: 9780385491501

Verlag: Doubleday, 2000

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Book by Polk William R William R Polk

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A chronicle of one influencial, colorful American family follows a ScotchIrish mercenary, Robert Pollok, from wartorn Ireland to North America where his family will both flourish and suffer across the broad scope of American history.

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ga of American history told through the story of one remarkable family--a chronicle of pioneers and generals, presidents and scoundrels, cowboys and killers, Southern belles and civil rights heroes.

In 1680, a Scots-Irish mercenary named Robert Pollok fled war-torn Ireland with his family, in search of safe haven and a better life in the New World. When Robert (now using the name "Polk") arrived in Maryland, the only land available was a wretched piece of swampfront the locals derisively dubbed "Polk's Folly." From this desperate and hardscrabble beginning, the Polk clan would flourish, and generate some of the most fascinating and colorful characters in American history.

When William Polk was a boy in Texas, he sat rapt as his grandmother Molly spun tales of family lore, of Civil War heroes and rascals, presidents and slaves, Indian traders and fighters. Polk would go on to have a long and prestigious career as a historian and diplomat, but he kept his g

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• Verlag: Doubleday
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0385491506
• ISBN 13: 9780385491501
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512