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For younger readers

Bramwell, Neil. James K. Polk. Enslow, 2002. A biography with Web links, for readers in grades 5 to 9.

Lillegard, Dee. James K. Polk. Children's Press, 1988. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Polk, James Knox

Byrnes, Mark. James K. Polk: A Biographical Companion. ABC-CLIO, 2001. Provides strong background to Polk's life and times.

Haynes, Sam W. James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse. Longman, 2001. Explores Polk's presidential triumphs and failures.

McCormac, Eugene Irving. James K. Polk: A Political Biography. University of California Press, 1922, 1995.

Seigenthaler, John. James K. Polk. Holt, 2003. A concise portrait of a little-known president who accomplished a lot.

Sellers, Charles G., Jr. James K. Polk. Princeton University Press, 1957-1966. 1969-1972. Volume 1 deals with the so-called Jacksonian period, volume 2 deals with Polk's presidency and U.S. territorial expansion.

Weaver, Herbert, and P. H. Bergeron, eds. The Correspondence of James K. Polk. Vanderbilt University Press, 1969-1972. Documents Polk's life in Tennessee, his terms in Congress, and his career as chief executive.

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