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The American Presidents
The American Presidents
Author: David C. Whitney
The history of the 35 men (stopping with Lyndon Johnson) who became President of the United States. Their backgrounds range from frontier log cabins (Lincoln, Polk) to upper-class wealth (Jefferson, both Roosevelts, Kennedy). Most were well educated but several were dropouts, and one (Andrew Johnson) never went to school a day in his life. Not o...  more »
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ISBN: 500323
Publication Date: 1967
Pages: 372
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Publisher: Doubleday & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This book is by David C. Whitney, NOT Phyllis A. Whitney - something is messed up with the system!

This newly expanded Sixth Edition includes the following special articles and tables: Key facts about the Presidents, First Ladies and Wives of the Presidents, Vice Presidents, Presidential Elections, Cabinets and Leading Officials, Political Control of the Congress 1989-1982, Presidents of Congress 1774-1789, The Making of the Presidency, What Presidents said about hte Presidency, Presidential Historic Sites, and index.
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Good resource book


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