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Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor Thomas J. Balcerski is an assistant professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University. Klappentext A dual biography of bachelor politicians James Buchanan and William Rufus King that analyzes a much-discussed intimate friendship in nineteenth-century American politics. Zusammenfassung A dual biography of bachelor politicians James Buchanan and William Rufus King that analyzes a much-discussed intimate friendship in nineteenth-century American politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Remembering Chapter 1: Leavening, 1786-1819 Chapter 2: Hardening, 1820-1834 Chapter 3: Messing, 1834-1840 Chapter 4: Wooing, 1840-1844 Chapter 5: Ministering, 1844-1848 Chapter 6: Running, 1848-1853 Chapter 7: Presiding, 1853-1868 Epilogue: Preserving Appendix A: Washington Residences of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (1834-1853) Appendix B: Percentage Correlation of Roll Call Votes of James Buchanan with Senators of the Bachelor's Mess, 23rd to 28th Congresses (1834-1844) Appendix C: Calendar of Correspondence of James Buchanan / Harriet Lane Johnston and William Rufus King / Catherine Margaret Ellis (1837-1868) Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
