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Adams, John 1735-1826 Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804 Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Madison, James 1751-1836 Presidents United States Biography United States Washington, George 1732-1799Stabler, David
Summary: Presents twenty stories featuring the United States presidents when they were children, including William Taft's dance lessons, Lyndon Johnson's classroom pranks, and Gerald Ford's struggles with dyslexia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J920 STACaro, Robert A.
Summary: Examines Lyndon Johnson's volatile relationships with John and Robert Kennedy, describes JFK's assassination from Johnson's viewpoint, and recounts his accomplishments as president before they were overshadowed by the Vietnam War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, LYNDON B CARCaro, Robert A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHCaro, Robert A.
Summary: Describes the future president's career in the U.S. Senate, from breaking the southern control of Capitol Hill to passing the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHNSON, LYNDON CARCaro, Robert A.
Summary: Carries Johnson from his 19th senate defeat through WWII and on to the securing of his political and economic fortunes. 2nd in trilogy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JOHSandburg, Carl
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINWeintraub, 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 WEIHolzer, Harold (EDT)
Summary: A volume of writings on the sixteenth president includes works of fiction, history, and poetry by figures ranging from Churchill and Grant to Tolstoy and Twain, in a collection that offers insight into the ways in which American history and culture have contributed to the sixteenth president's legendary persona.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM LINMcGovern, George S. (George Stanley)
Summary: Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president--the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young republic collapsed of its own contradictions and a new birth of freedom, sanctified by blood, created the United States we know today. His story has been told many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM MCGSummary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002