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| INTRODUCTION: DARK HORSE, BRIGHT LAND |
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| A PROLOGUE IN TWO PARTS |
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| KEY DATES IN THE LIFE OF JAMES K. POLK |
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| PART I THE MAN |
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3 Tennessee and Old Tippecanoe |
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6 A Summons from Old Hickory |
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| PART II THE C0NQUEST |
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10 Standing Firm on Oregon |
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13 American Blood upon American Soil" |
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15 To Santa Fe and Beyond |
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17 Old Bullion's Son-in-Law |
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18 A President on the Spot |
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20 The Whigs Find Another General |
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22 Presidential Assessment |
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| EPILOGUE: SARAH |
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| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| NOTES |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| INDEX |
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