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1) The greatest presidential stories never told: 100 tales from history to astonish, bewilder & stupefy
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A collection of lesser-known presidential tales relates such accounts as Abraham Lincoln's saber duel, George Washington's whiskey business, and the Ronald Reagan movie that saved the fortieth president's life decades later.
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA Today calls "America's voice of authority on baseball broadcasting," starts before America's birth, when would-be presidents played baseball antecedents. He charts how baseball cemented its reputation as...
Author
Publisher
Bernan Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
For each of the 366 days of the year, Brandus offers fascinating facts, historical anecdotes, and pithy quotations from and about all the presidents of the United States, from George Washington to Donald Trump. Stories span war and peace, sex and scandal, frivolity and tragedy, including: the night Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth met at Ford's Theatre, 17 months before Booth's crime -- the advice Richard Nixon gave Donald Trump -- the president...
Author
Publisher
Harper Celebrate, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Discover a fascinating and novel look at the U.S. presidents, the first families, and American history--all through the lens of hair. With meticulous detail, engaging storytelling, and full-color visuals, encyclopedia editor Theodore Pappas combs through American history, teasing out long-forgotten and little-known ways that hair has influenced the presidency and the public and private lives, personal scandals, and tragedies of the men and women...
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