A 32-page book and colorful, educational wall chart take a fun approach to learning, introducing children to the 42 presidents of the United States. The 7-panel fold-out wall chart is perforated to detach from the book. Third- to sixth-graders will love learning tons of fascinating facts. Which president was a star football player in college? Which president was the teddy bear named after?
David Priess, a former intelligence officer and daily briefer, has interviewed every living president and vice president as well as more than one hundred others intimately involved with the production and delivery of the president's book of ...
cast a dark shadow over Jackson. The president-elect wore a black armband in mourning for months; despite the grave responsibilities of his new job, he retreated into seclusion, deep in grief.9 A friend said that Jackson seemed to look ...
Timberlake. Eaton, infatuated with Peggy, had Timberlake sent to sea, and sought out the young bride to console her. The plan apparently worked, and Washington society watched in horror as the affair became notorious.
This collection includes Lerner’s thoughts on Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman’s efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower’s belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy’s ...
This is a welcome addition to the literature on the presidency, and one that every student of the presidency will want to read.
An All-New Edition! The Presidents Fact Book is a complete compendium of all things presidential and a sweeping survey of American history through the biographical lens of every president from George Washington through Donald Trump.
... Harry 142, 144–145, 149 Davis, Dr. Loyal 220 Davis, Jefferson 61–62, 77, 86 Davis, Patti (Reagan) 220 Dawes Plan 149 Dawes, Charles G. 149 Dawes, Mary Beman Gates 149 Dawes, Rufus 149 Declaration of Independence 8, 14–15, 17–21, 25, ...
Beginning with George Washington, who had already refused to be made king of this country when he reluctantly accepted the office of president, this fascinating book takes the reader all the way through the 2008 election of Barack Obama.
He died in 1985. This new edition of "The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents is being updated by S. A. Kramer, author of "The Look-It-Up Book of First Ladies.
John Quincy Adams, first annual message to Congress, November 25, 1825, in The State ofthe Union Messages ofthe Presidents, ... John C. Calhoun to Virgil Maxcy, September 11, 1830, Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe Papers, cited in Freehling, ...