And Tyler Too: A Biography Of John And Julia Gardiner Tyler

by Robert Seager II

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Genres: History, Biography, Nonfiction, American History, Presidents

681 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1963

Reviews

[Bridget · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m glad Seager was clearly such a fan of John and Julia, because I am not. It’s very hard to like a slave-owning couple so obsessed with social and historical standing.

By far the most interesting part of the book is the lead-up to and description of the Civil War. It’s refreshingly direct about the South’s motives while at least attempting to be neutral, which is difficult to do. That pulled it up from 3 stars to 4 for a while, but then Seager’s contempt for President Grant comes through ridiculously strong and knocked it back down to 3. How can Seager like Tyler more than Grant?!

[Joseph J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Asa readers and as a culture we are more sensitive to issues of slavery, slave owners, and the stain on our country's history than academia, historians and writers were 60 years ago. That is when this was published. The U of Kansas has a new biography of Julia in the works, and I await that. THIS volume published in 1963 is researched and well written and at times entertaining. It remains an important work in the historiography of John Tyler, which does not form a great number of titles.

[Darcee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lengthy read, this book chronicles the life of John Tyler and his second wife Julia Gardiner throughout the 19th century. Not only do we travel through Tyler's life and politics, but there is much written about the presidential terms before and after Tyler himself was President. The Gardiner family history is interesting, but not what I bought the book for.
Well researched and written.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a mediocre book, interesting to a large degree about this not-well-known 10th President of the U.S., but with lots of conclusions and opinions presented by the author as obvious facts. The insights into the personalities of Mr. Tyler and his 30-years-younger second wife were amusing-to-illuminating. Quite worthwhile was the contrast shown between the beliefs and attitudes of Mr. Tyler and those of numerous other, and well-known, politicians of the time: Calhoun, Webster and especially Clay. Overall, I am very glad I read it.