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04410aam a2200505 i 4500 001 B79D6F14586511EA978CCE3397128E48 003 SILO 005 20200226010029 008 181202t20192019nyuab b 001 0ceng c 010 $a 2018054956 020 $a 0190914599 020 $a 9780190914592 035 $a (OCoLC)1082295952 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YUS $d OCLCQ $d VP@ $d OCL $d DLC $d UKMGB $d IUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E437 $b .B36 2019 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Balcerski, Thomas J., $e author. 245 10 $a Bosom friends : $b the intimate world of James Buchanan and William Rufus King / $c Thomas J. Balcerski. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a x, 337 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Remembering -- Leavening, 1786-1819 -- Hardening, 1820-1834 -- Messing, 1834-1840 -- Wooing, 1840-1844 -- Ministering, 1844-1848 -- Running, 1848-1853 -- 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). 520 $a "Politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did they never marry? Might they have been gay, or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day 'bromance'? Then, as now, they have intrigued by the many mysteries surrounding them. In Bosom Friends : the Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse. There developed a bosom friendship that blossomed into a significant political partnership. Before the Civil War, each man was elected to high executive office, William Rufus King the vice-presidency in 1852 and James Buchanan as the nation's fifteenth president in 1856. This book offers a dual biography of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Special attention is given to their early lives prior to elected office, the circumstances of their boardinghouse friendship, and the juicy political gossip that has circulated about them ever since. In addition, the author traces their many contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the debates over slavery, while finding their style of politics to have been disastrous for the American nation. Ultimately, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were, and continue to be, an important part of success in American politics"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Buchanan, James, $d 1791-1868. 600 10 $a King, William R. $q (William Rufus), $d 1786-1853. 600 17 $a Buchanan, James, $d 1791-1868. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00029121 600 17 $a King, William R. $q (William Rufus), $d 1786-1853. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00308656 650 0 $a Male friendship $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1815-1861. 650 7 $a Legislators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995828 650 7 $a Male friendship. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01006633 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Balcerski, Thomas J. $t Bosom friends. $d New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019] $z 9780190914608 $w (DLC) 2019001017 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317020225.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B79D6F14586511EA978CCE3397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search