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Cooper, John Milton.

Summary: Evaluates the parallel worlds of the twenty-eighth president's personal and political arenas, examining his World War I leadership, his failed efforts to bring the United States into the League of Nations, and his contributions toward the creation of the United Nations.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, WOODROW COO

Wilson, Douglas L.

Summary: Abraham Lincoln now occupies an unparalleled place in American history, but when he was first elected president, literary ability was the last thing the public expected from the folksy, self-educated "rail-splitter." Yet the forceful qualities of Lincoln's writing eventually surprised his supporters and confounded his many critics. In this study, Lincoln scholar Wilson tells how Lincoln...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7092 WIL

Berg, A. Scott

Summary: A biography of the 28th president of the United States includes details from recently-discovered papers that highlight the character of the scholar-leader who shepherded his country through the first World War.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, WOODROW BER

O'Toole, Patricia

Summary: "By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). The Moralist is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs."--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, WOODROW OTO

Brands, H. W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WIL

Auchincloss, Louis.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WIL

Weintraub, Stanley

Summary: In "Young Mr. Roosevelt" Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1920, he lost the election but not his ambitions. While his stature was rising, his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D WEI

Meacham, Jon

2 holds on 1 copy

Summary: "The lavishly illustrated The Call to Serve is an intimate, illuminating portrait of the 41st U. S. President, a man many know mainly through his politics. Jon Meacham brings the leader vividly to life, including as a man dedicated to political and moral leadership, and to a life marked by the strong values of integrity and respect for others that Bush learned during his childhood. Bush pursued...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024

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