The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President

Millard Fillmore has been mocked, maligned, or, most cruelly of all, ignored by generations of historians--but no more! This unbelievable new biography finally rescues the unlucky thirteenth U.S. president from the dustbin of history and shows why a man known as a blundering, arrogant, shallow, miserable failure was really our greatest leader.

In the first fully researched portrait of Fillmore ever written, the reader can finally come face-to-face with a misunderstood genius. By meticulously extrapolating outrageous conclusions from the most banal and inconclusive of facts, The Remarkable Millard Fillmore reveals the adventures of an unjustly forgotten president. He fought at the Battle of the Alamo! He shepherded slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad! He discovered gold in California! He wrestled with the emperor of Japan! It is a list of achievements that puts those of Washington and Lincoln completely in the shade.

Refusing to be held back by established history or recorded fact, here George Pendle paints an extraordinary portrait of an ordinary man and restores the sparkle to an unfairly tarnished reputation.

Author: George Pendle
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 04/10/2007
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.20w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780307339621

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/29/2007 pg. 55
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2007 pg. 162
Entertainment Weekly 04/13/2007 pg. 78

About the Author
George Pendle is the author of Strange Angel. He has written for The Times, The Sunday Times, the Financial Times, and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. He lives in New York City.