44 books on 44 presidents: A handsome Democratic failure
 

44 books on 44 presidents: A handsome Democratic failure
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Editor's **te: This is the fourteenth entry in the writer's year-long project to read one book about each of the U.S. Presidents by Election Day 2016. You can also follow Marcus' progress at the @44in52 Twitter account and with this 44 in 52 Spreadsheet.

When the best thing you can say about a president is that he wasn't ugly, you're clearly **t dealing with the greatest leader of all time.

Such is the case with Franklin Pierce, widely derided as one of the nation's worst presidents — alongside his successor, James Buchanan.



**t that I was going to waste a lot of time on either of them. After battling through Millard Fillmore for two weeks, I was hell-bent on k**cking out Pierce and Buchanan in quick order. Read more...


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