Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

ISBN-13: 9780190914592 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 320 str.

Thomas J. Balcerski

Opis

A dual biography of bachelor politicians James Buchanan and William Rufus King that analyzes a much-discussed intimate friendship in nineteenth-century American politics.

Recenzje

Bosom Friends takes us back into a nineteenth-century political world that relied not only on vicious partisanship but also intimate, loving male friendships that provided affection and support as well as serving to advance common political interests. In this absorbing new book, Thomas Balcerski explores the boardinghouses where most early nineteenth-century congressmen lived and asks how Americans understood the close friendships that developed in these settings. Focusing on the friendship between Buchanan and King, Balcerski pays careful attention to the ways in which contemporaries described, praised, and attacked the intimate yet public bond between these two men.

O autorze

Thomas J. Balcerski is an assistant professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University.