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Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion (1866) is an autobiography written by former United States President James Buchanan. The book focuses specifically on the work of his administration in the immediate lead-up to the American Civil War. Though it is an accounting of his presidency, Buchanan rarely writes with first-person pronouns and disavowed the use of any private correspondence. The book instead proceeds as a polemic in which Buchanan argues that his tenure did little to cause the war.
