Elder, Robert

Summary: Describes the life of the American statesman and political theorist who served as Vice President under John Quincy Adams and argued in favor of slavery and laid the groundwork for the South to secede the Union.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CALHOUN, JOHN C. ELD

D'Antonio, Michael

Summary: "Little-known outside his home state until Donald Trump made him his running mate, Mike Pence--who proclaims himself a Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third--has long worn a carefully-constructed mask of Midwestern nice. Behind his self-proclaimed humility and self-abasing deference, however, hides a man whose own presidential ambitions have blazed since high school....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2018

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Osnos, Evan

Summary: "Illuminates Biden's long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama's vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency,and his choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Osnos ponders the difficulties Biden will face if elected and weighs how...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BIDEN, JOE OSN