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Don’t Know Much About® the American Presidents
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From a New York Times bestselling author, a captivating and unique overview of the first 44 presidents of the United States, from George Washington to Barack Obama.
Using his entertaining question-and-answer style to chart the history of the presidency itself as well as debunk the myths of America’s. Here’s the young Lincoln building his mother’s coffin and dragging a tragic burden through the snow to the burial; Theodore Roosevelt, America’s youngest president, shockingly pushed into the presidency–with greatness thrust upon him; FDR, the only man elected four times, concealing his crippling disability from the American public as he led the nation through depression and world war; and Lyndon Johnson, reelected in a landslide, then crushed by the weight of the Vietnam War.
For history buffs and history-phobes alike, this book is packed with memorable facts that will change your understanding of the highest office in the land and the men who have occupied it.
Using his entertaining question-and-answer style to chart the history of the presidency itself as well as debunk the myths of America’s. Here’s the young Lincoln building his mother’s coffin and dragging a tragic burden through the snow to the burial; Theodore Roosevelt, America’s youngest president, shockingly pushed into the presidency–with greatness thrust upon him; FDR, the only man elected four times, concealing his crippling disability from the American public as he led the nation through depression and world war; and Lyndon Johnson, reelected in a landslide, then crushed by the weight of the Vietnam War.
For history buffs and history-phobes alike, this book is packed with memorable facts that will change your understanding of the highest office in the land and the men who have occupied it.
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PRAISE FOR DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY
"Fun, engrossing, and significant ... History in Davis's hands is loud, course, painful, funny, irreverent-and memorable." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Fun, engrossing, and significant ... History in Davis's hands is loud, course, painful, funny, irreverent-and memorable." —San Francisco Chronicle
PRAISE FOR DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
"Don't Know Much About the American Presidents by Kenneth C. Davis contains a plethora of information about the men who have held our nation's highest office. If you read it you will be enriched." —Dayton Daily News
"Don't Know Much About the American Presidents by Kenneth C. Davis contains a plethora of information about the men who have held our nation's highest office. If you read it you will be enriched." —Dayton Daily News