The ultimate visual guide to the 46 presidents of the United States of America.
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by Smithsonian Institution, Parker, Philip, Reed, Shannon
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The ultimate visual guide to the 46 presidents of the United States of America.
"Zelensky got his start as an actor, running for president of Ukraine as a populist candidate in 2019. He seemed an unlikely hero, yet he quickly revealed his resolve as Putin's forces threatened his homeland"--
Understanding Trump requires a willingness to study and learn from him. His principles grow out of five decades of business and celebrity success. Trump behaves differently than traditional politicians because his entire life experience has been different than most traditional p…
The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation an…
A book based on the viral Internet phenomenon The Weekly List presents a first-draft history of the first year of the Trump administration and its clear authoritarian impulses.
Captures the experience and spirit of the group of men who gathered around Jack Kennedy as he made his dramatic rise to the presidency -- Bobby Kennedy, Kenny O'Donnell, Larry O'Brien, and Dave Powers. The Irish Brotherhood is the history of Jack Kennedys original political inn…
Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is packed with revelations large and small, about JFK's health, his love affairs, JFK's appointment as Attorney General, what Joseph Kennedy did to help his son win the White House, a…
A simple biography of the nation's first president, who came to be known as the "Father of Our Country."
Combining biography and Washington's own writings with his own comments and sidebars, Beck explores our nation's first president and describes how Washington's beliefs and values--beliefs and values which united a country in an age even more fractious than our own--are especiall…
Newbery Medal winner Russell Freedman recounts Abraham Lincoln's brief friendship with African American leader Frederick Douglass before and during the Civil War, narrated against the backdrop of race relations and politics. Includes 70 archival photographs.
From the author of Lincoln: A Photobiography, comes a clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were both selftaught, both great readers and…
Who was John F. Kennedy? A skinny, sickly boy always in the shadow of his older brother? A WWII hero who saved his shipwrecked crewmen in the Pacific Ocean? The first Catholic president, and also the youngest man ever elected? All of the above! Find out more about the real John …