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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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles of Confederation and the first Constitutional Congress.
5) James Monroe
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the president known for the foreign policy which bears his name, the Monroe Doctrine. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to Monroe's life.
6) John Adams
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the second President of the United States, who also served as the country's ambassador to France and as its first Vice President. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to John Adams.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the personal life and political career of the son of the second president of the United States, who became the sixth president. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to John Quincy Adams.
10) George W. Bush
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
A biography of George Walker Bush, who was inaugurated president of the United States in 2001. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to George W. Bush.
11) Grover Cleveland
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the twenty-second president of the United States. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to Grover Cleveland.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the twentieth president of the United States, whose term was cut short when he was fatally wounded a few months after his inauguration. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to James Garfield.
14) John Adams
Author
Series
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson. Volatile, impulsive, irritable, and self-pitying, Adams seemed temperamentally unsuited for the presidency. Yet in many ways he was the perfect successor to Washington in terms of ability, experience, and popularity. Possessed of a far-ranging intelligence, Adams took office amid the birth of the government and multiple crises. Besides...
15) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Series
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Few presidents have embodied the American spirit as fully as Thomas Jefferson. He was the originator of so many of the founding principles of American democracy. Politically, he shuffled off the centralized authority of the Federalists, working toward a more diffuse and minimalist leadership. He introduced the bills separating church and state and mandating free public education. He departed from the strict etiquette of his European counterparts,...
16) 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...
18) James K. Polk
Author
Series
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander in chief, the youngest president elected to guide the still-young nation, who served as Speaker of the House and governor of Tennessee before taking office in 1845. Considered a natural successor to Andrew Jackson, "Young Hickory" miraculously revived his floundering political career by riding a wave of public sentiment in favor of annexing the Republic of Texas to the Union. Shortly after his inauguration,...
19) John Adams
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the second president of the United States.
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.
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