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Author
Series
Publisher
Times
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the presidency of Benjamin Harrison describes his rise to political power, his controversial victory over Grover Cleveland in the 1888 election, the successes and failures of his administration, his loss to Cleveland in the 1893 election, and his historical legacy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Times Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
William Howard Taft never wanted to be president, but won resounding victory in the election of 1908 as Theodore Roosevelt's handpicked successor. The only man to serve as both president and chief justice on the Supreme Court, Taft played a crucial role in shaping how American balances populism against the rule of law. Rosen shows how Taft approached every decision in constitutional terms, defending the Founders' vision of limited government.
25) Grover Cleveland
Author
Series
Publisher
Times
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives.
26) Woodrow Wilson
Author
Series
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow Wilson commented, "It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs." As America was drawn into the Great War in Europe, Wilson used his scholarship, his principles, and the political savvy of his advisers to overcome his ignorance of world affairs and lead the country out of isolationism. The product of his effortshis vision of the United States...
27) James K. Polk
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of the eleventh president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
32) Andrew Jackson
Author
Language
English
Description
Examines the childhood, political career, and other activities of the seventh president of the United States, the first president to come from a poor family.
33) John F. Kennedy
Author
Language
English
Description
Examines the childhood, political career, and other activities of the thirty-fifth president of the United States.
36) Ulysses S. Grant
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of the commander of the Union forces in the Civil War who became the eighteenth president of the United States.
37) John Adams
Author
Language
English
Description
Examines the childhood, political career, and other activities of the second president of the United States.
39) George W. Bush
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of the forty-third president of United States which discusses his personal life, education, and political career.
40) Woodrow Wilson
Author
Language
English
Description
Biography of the twenty-eighth president of United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
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