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1) The greatest presidential stories never told: 100 tales from history to astonish, bewilder & stupefy
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A collection of lesser-known presidential tales relates such accounts as Abraham Lincoln's saber duel, George Washington's whiskey business, and the Ronald Reagan movie that saved the fortieth president's life decades later.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.8 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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Description
An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define the new republic and direct its course for the coming centuries. Ellis focuses...
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Many of our presidents have had extraordinary pets including an alligator, tiger cubs, elephants, bald eagles, a hippo, a bear, a zebra, and a coyote. This easy reader, with photos and illustrations, will have stories about many of these animals including the Obama's dog.
11) The White House
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text explains the function and occupants, both past and present, of the White House
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is twenty years--a full generation--since Ronald Reagan first walked into the White House & ignited a revolution. From the beginning, he enjoyed the American people's affection but now, as he approaches the end of his life, he has received what he deserved even more: their deep respect. What was the wellspring of his greatness? Peggy Noonan, bestselling author of the classic Reagan-era memoir What I Saw at the Revolution, former speechwriter, &...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Whistlestop tells the human story of nervous gambits hatched in first-floor hotel rooms, failures of will before the microphone, and the cross-country crack-ups of long-planned stratagems. At the bar at the end of a campaign day, these are the stories reporters rehash for themselves and embellish for newcomers. In addition to the familiar tales, Whistlestop also remembers the forgotten stories about the bruising and reckless campaigns of the nineteenth...
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the intertwined careers of the founders of the American republic including John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington and the moments that shaped the Nation's history.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Michael Beschloss has brought us a saga about crucial times in America's history when a courageous President dramatically changed the future of the United States." "You will be in the room with the private George Washington, braving threats of impeachment and assassination to make peace with England. John Adams, incurring his party's "unrelenting hatred" by refusing to fight France and warning his enemies, "Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."...