Suggestions for Further Reading

Bergeron, Paul H. The Presidency of James K. Polk. Lawrence: University of KS, 1987

Haynes, Sam W and Oscar Handlin (Eds.). James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse. Addison-Wesley, 1997.

Jenkins, John S.James Knox Polk and a History of His Adminstration. Buffalo, NY: J.E. Beardsley, 1850.

McCormac, Eugene I. James K. Polk: A Political Biography NY: Russell, 1965.

McCoy, Charles Allan. Polk and the Presidency. Austin: U of Texas Press, 1960.

Nevins, Allan (ed.). The Diary of James K. Polk During His Presidency, 1845 to 1849. four vols., 1910.

Polk, James K. Correspondence of James K. Polk. Nashville: Vanderbilt U Press, 1969.

Sellers, Charles G., Jr. James K. Polk, Jacksonian. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957.

Sellers, Charles G., Jr. James K. Polk. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966.

Severn, Bill. Frontier President: James K Polk NY: Ives Washburn, Inc 1965.

Van Der Linden, Frank. Dark Horse San Antonio: Naylor, 1944.