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Single-page biographies with portraits of the forty presidents of the United States.

''Biography written by sixty-five authors.''-foreword

Presents Abraham Lincoln as we have never before seen him. This insightful and vibrant narrative draws extensively on diaries, letters, and other primary sources to provide a remarkably close-up view of Lincoln: the boy, the homespun politician, the president, the military leader, the man with his family.

In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable figure, vigorously engaging and fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick, Goldsmith, Burney and Burke, and of course with Boswell himself. Yet anxieties...

A concise biography of the fourth President of the United States.

"Crusader for Democracy" Includes index

Have you ever played in a park or taken a hike? You might have President Teddy Roosevelt to thank for that!

The story of their relationship, based on Eleanor Roosevelt's private papers. Incl.Bibl

"What biography series is complete without a title on U.S. President Barack Obama? The election of an African American president was truly a monumental day in American history. His legacy will live on as a barrier-breaker and a pioneer. Learn all about our 44th president in this fascinating leveled reader"--From the publisher's web site.