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1) Presidents
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Offers information about America's most influential political office and details on the men who have filled it.
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[2007]
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English
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What Do You Know about America's Vice Presidents?
(The official quiz that you, the reader, should take right now to determine if you need this book)
1. How many vice presidents went on to become president?
2. How many sitting presidents died or were forced from office?
3. How many vice presidents shot men while in office?
4. Who was the better shot?
5. Who was the first vice president to assume power when a president died?
6. Why did he return official...
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Pub. Date
[2005]
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First edition.
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English
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A grand political history in a fresh new style of how the elitist young American republic became a rough-and-tumble democracy.
In this magisterial work, Sean Wilentz traces a historical arc from the earliest days of the republic to the opening shots of the Civil War. One of our finest writers of history, Wilentz brings to life the era after the American Revolution, when the idea of democracy remained contentious, and Jeffersonians and Federalists...
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2022.
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English
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All Hail the Chief in the Garden State
Some, like Abraham Lincoln in 1861, came to garner support. Others, like N.J. Governor Woodrow Wilson in 1912, remained and rode that support to the White House. And still, others, like James Garfield in 1881, came to die. New Jersey's past is full of memorable Presidential visits - and home to some lesser-known ones. Thousands of people came out to support Teddy Roosevelt, his cousin
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1973.
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English
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A brilliant examination of the growth of presidential power from George Washington to George W. Bush, by a Pulitzer Prize winning historian (Newsweek). From two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., comes one of the most important and influential investigations of the American presidency. The Imperial Presidency traces the growth of presidential power over two centuries, from George Washington to George W. Bush, examining...
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[2002]
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English
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Which one was the tallest? Which one fought a duel? Which had liquor smuggled into the White House during Prohibition? And why is the president even called the president in the first place? From periwigs and knee breeches to the 24-hour news cycle and presidential Tweets, the fascinating and colorful stories of the 45 incumbents are a powerful lens through which to view US history and get insight into the present. Taking readers on a fact-filled journey...
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2010.
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English
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In Bomb Power, Garry Wills reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots-by dramatically increasing the power of the modern presidency and redefining the government as a national security state-in ways still felt today. A masterful reckoning from one of America's preeminent historians, Bomb Power draws a direct line from the Manhattan Project to the usurpations of George W. Bush.The invention of the atomic...
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