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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.099 BOLWhitcomb, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 WHIMiller, Adrian
Summary: Award winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. Miller brings together the names and words of more than 150 black men and women who played remarkable roles in unforgettable events in the nation's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of North Carolina Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5092 MILCaroli, Betty Boyd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Book & Music Clubs 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 975.3 CARYenne, Bill
Summary: Discover the history and personal stories of 46 US Presidents in this beautifully illustrated volume. From the first president, George Washington, to the forty-sixth, Joe Biden, the United States has seen a host of extraordinary men take office. Their stories are all included in this fourth edition of The Complete Book of US Presidents by journalist and historian Bill Yenne. This book features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crestline Books 2021
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.099 YENKennedy, Katie
Summary: "Some call it the most important job in the world. It's certainly the most powerful. And it's one that every citizen needs to know about because we're the ones who vote to put a president in office. Lively, informative, filled with firsts and facts, big ideas and compelling anecdotes, The Presidents Decoded is a richly layered guide to the leaders who have shaped our country."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.09 KENGreenberg, David
Summary: "The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image. The Greeks called it 'rhetoric,' Gilded Age politicians called it 'publicity,' and some today might call it 'lying,' but spin is a built-in feature of American democracy. Presidents deploy it to engage, persuade, and mobilize the people--in whom power ultimately resides. Presidential historian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 GREBeschloss, Michael R.
Summary: Presidential historian Michael Beschloss uses original letters, diaries, declassified documents, and interviews to bring us into the room and into the minds of a procession of Chief Executives who took the nation into major conflicts, mobilized Americans for victory, and seized greater power for themselves. From James Madison and the War of 1812 to Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, we see these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.00973 BESSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 355.00973 BOSPerry, James M. (James Moorhead)
Summary: Examines the lives and careers of five presidents who served in the military during the Civil War, and the affect the war had on their presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 PERSchlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 327.16 SCHKendall, Joshua C.
Contents: Prologue: the sense and sensibility of James Garfield: "It is a most intense and innocent passion" -- The preoccupied: "I should like to have your opinion on it" -- Playful pals: "My father likes snakes" -- Double-dealing dads: "You know such things happen on plantations" -- Tiger dads: "I could feel nothing but sorrow and shame in your presence" -- The grief-stricken: "I always see my boy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 KENRothkopf, David J. (David Jochanan)
Summary: "Political historian and commentator David Rothkopf shows how Trump will be judged by history. (Spoiler alert: not well) in Traitor. Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high office he holds. But what distinguishes him from every other bad leader the U.S. has had is that he has repeatedly, egregiously, betrayed his country. Regardless of how Senate Republicans have let him off...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 ROTSchlesinger, Arthur M Jr.
Summary: The title uses the past to illuminate the present and the future. Presidential power, it points out, has been nurtured above all by war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 SCHSummary: Narrated by veteran CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl, this video examines the long and complex relationship between the presidency and public opinion. Scholars explore decisive moments in the history of the presidency from George Washington to FDR.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 320.73 MANBryant, Nick (Nicholas Andrew)
Summary: The BBC's New York correspondent delves into the history of this once-great nation to explain how the seeds of Trumpism were sown in the decisions of past administrations, and how the historical clues paved the way for an outside to take power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Continuum 2021