Martin van Buren and the American Political System
by: Cole, Donald B.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 477 pages. INSCRIBED BY COLE on the title page. Donald Cole analyzes the political skills that brought Van Buren the nickname "Little Magician," describing how he built the Albany Regency (which became a model for political party machines) and how he created the Democratic party of Andrew Jackson. Light fading to dj spine, clean copy.