Summary: A deft politician and skillful diplomat, TR's magnetic personality and genius for publicity made him a legend in his own time. Through archival footage and interviews with historians, this is an engaging portrait of the private man and the president who created the modern American presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2008
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PRELanctot, Neil
Summary: "By turns a colorful triptych of three American icons who changed history and the engrossing story of the roots of World War I, The Approaching Storm is a surprising and important story of how and why the United States emerged onto the world stage"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 LANRoberts, Rebecca Boggs
Summary: "This portrait of the first acting woman president, written by a leading historian on women's suffrage and power, tracks the ascent of Edith Boling Galt Wilson, one of American history's most influential and complicated women"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, EDITH ROBHerman, Arthur
Summary: "How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice--thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the 'world safe for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: "The fight over the League of Nations at the end of World War I was one of the great political debates of the American twentieth century. President Woodrow Wilson, himself a key architect of the League, was uncompromising in his belief that the United States would rise to a position of leadership in the peaceful union of states that he had envisaged. A masterful politician and distinguished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.913 COORumsch, BreAnn
Summary: This biography introduces readers to Woodrow Wilson including his early political career and key events from Wilson's administration including World War I, Paris Peace Conference, signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and the Nineteenth Amendment. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILNeu, Charles E.
Summary: A man who lived his life mostly in the shadows, Edward M. House is little known or remembered today; yet he was one of the most influential figures of the Wilson presidency. Wilson's chief political advisor, House played a key role in international diplomacy, and had a significant hand in crafting the Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference. Though the intimate friendship between the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOUSE, EDWARD MANDELL NEUClements, Kendrick A.
Summary: Reexamines Wilson's accomplishments and politics as president, discusses his background, and assesses his influence on modern America
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Publisher / Publication Date: I.R. Dee 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, WOODROW CLECooper, 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 COOBerg, 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 BERFreud, Sigmund
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.913 FREAuchincloss, Louis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WILPietrusza, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 PIEHerman, Arthur
Summary: "How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice--thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the 'world safe for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.3 HERBrands, 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 WILO'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 OTORosenstock, Barb
Summary: "When President Woodrow Wilson arrived in Washington, DC, to start his first term, women's rights leader Alice Paul was ready to demand an amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote. The president thought that idea was ridiculous! THEIR FIGHT BEGAN. For the next five years, Alice and her suffragists battered Wilson and his supporters with arguments and protests. Their peaceful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 ROSCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 RosSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005