The American Heritage History of the Presidency
Author : Marcus Cunliffe
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 38,95 MB
Release : 1968
Category :
ISBN :
American Heritage Illustrated History of the Presidents
Author : ibooks, Incorporated
Publisher :
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
Release : 2003-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781596870819
Book Description
America's most credible history magazine, American Heritage(r), joins forces with one of America's most esteemed and preeminent presidential historians, Michael Beschloss, to present a unique and extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the forty-four Presidents and presidencies that have shaped this country. The Presidents: Every Leader from Washington to Bush offers a biographical profile of each man and a full account of the issues that shaped their presidency. This book will serve as an indispensable reference guide for many years to come, for seasoned observers, students just learning about the presidency, and readers interested in the men and issues that shaped America.
The American President
Author : Kathryn Moore
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 1165 pages
File Size : 37,29 MB
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1454930810
Book Description
A thorough and authoritative single-volume reference to the American presidency, from George Washington to Donald Trump. In The American President: A Complete History, historian Kathryn Moore presents a riveting narrative of each president's experiences in and out of office, along with illuminating facts and statistics about each administration, timelines of national and world events, astonishing trivia, and more. Together, these details create a complex and nuanced portrait of the American presidency, from the nation's infancy to Donald Trump’s first year in office.
The American Heritage History of the Presidency
Author : Marcus Cunliffe
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
This discussion of the Presidency as an institution is an examination of the office itself, offered on a chronological framework.
The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents
Author : William A. DeGregorio
Publisher :
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 21,91 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780942637922
Book Description
A ready reference guide to the presidents of the United States, from George Washington through Bill Clinton.
True Stories of Our Presidents
Author : Charles Morris
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,9 MB
Release : 2015-11-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781519480279
Book Description
True Stories of Our Presidents is a collection of short histories of our presidents, written for a high school audience.
Intellectuals and the American Presidency
Author : Tevi Troy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780742508255
Book Description
This book examines the contact relationships between U.S. presidents and America's intellectuals since 1960.
American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People
Author : Suzanne McIntire
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780471217107
Book Description
The history of the United States has been characterized by ferventidealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for everycritical, defining moment in American history, there were thosewhose impassioned voices rang out, clear and true, and whose wordscompelled the minds and hearts of all who heard them. When PatrickHenry declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!", when MartinLuther King Jr. said, "I have a dream", Americans listened and wereprofoundly affected. These speeches stand today as testaments tothis great nation made up of individuals with bold ideas andunshakeable convictions. The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for YoungPeople includes over 100 speeches by founding fathers, patriots,Native American and African American leaders, abolitionists,women's suffrage and labor activists, writers, athletes, and othersfrom all walks of life, featuring inspiring and unforgettablespeeches by such notable speakers as: Patrick Henry * Thomas Jefferson * Tecumseh * Frederick Douglass *Sojourner Truth * Abraham Lincoln * Susan B. Anthony * Mother Jones* Lou Gehrig * Franklin D. Roosevelt * Albert Einstein * Pearl S.Buck * Langston Hughes * John F. Kennedy * Martin Luther KingJr. These are the voices that shaped our history. They are powerful,moving, and, above all else, uniquely American.
Millard Fillmore
Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 16,56 MB
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1429923016
Book Description
The oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil war In the summer of 1850, America was at a terrible crossroads. Congress was in an uproar over slavery, and it was not clear if a compromise could be found. In the midst of the debate, President Zachary Taylor suddenly took ill and died. The presidency, and the crisis, now fell to the little-known vice president from upstate New York. In this eye-opening biography, the legal scholar and historian Paul Finkelman reveals how Millard Fillmore's response to the crisis he inherited set the country on a dangerous path that led to the Civil War. He shows how Fillmore stubbornly catered to the South, alienating his fellow Northerners and creating a fatal rift in the Whig Party, which would soon disappear from American politics—as would Fillmore himself, after failing to regain the White House under the banner of the anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic "Know Nothing" Party. Though Fillmore did have an eye toward the future, dispatching Commodore Matthew Perry on the famous voyage that opened Japan to the West and on the central issues of the age—immigration, religious toleration, and most of all slavery—his myopic vision led to the destruction of his presidency, his party, and ultimately, the Union itself.
The Presidents
Author : Iain Dale
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 11,24 MB
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1529379547
Book Description
Politics Home: Parliamentarians' Top Books for Christmas 2021 'A must read for political geeks' - Saqib Bhatti There was a huge upsurge of global interest in US politics during the Trump presidency, culminating in the November 2020 election, the victory of the Democrat candidate Joe Biden and the subsequent, horrifying response in the storming of the US capitol. American politics is likely to remain deeply divided during the coming years, and also the focus of global attention - with Trump mobilising his base for 2024. But the transatlantic fascination with the role and office of the US President isn't new at all, and in fact reaches all the way back to the birth of the United States itself. The Presidents features essays, written by a range of academics, historians, political journalists and serving politicians, on all 46 American Presidents who have held the office over the last 230 years - from George Washington to Joe Biden. Each contributor has been carefully chosen based on expert knowledge of their subjects and personal connections, providing analysis of their subject's successes, failures and influence. Any hagiographical writing is shunned in favour of a 'warts and all' perspective on each President and the impact they've had on US politics - past, present and future.
