TY - BOOK AU - Boller,Paul F. ED - Project Muse. TI - Essays on the presidents: principles, policies, and peccadillos SN - 9780875654980 AV - JK516 .B66 2012 U1 - 973.09/9 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Fort Worth, Tex. PB - TCU Press KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The first American presidency, 1789-1829 -- The log cabin myth about American presidents -- Pennsylvania: the avenue of the presidents -- The story of presidential campaigns: from electioneering to stump-speaking -- No need to salute the troops, Sir -- To bigotry no sanction -- The campaign of 1852: a civilian beats a general -- Professional soldiers in the White House -- Religion in American presidential campaigns -- George Washington and civil supremacy -- George and the Quakers -- John Adams's marginal comments -- Jefferson's dreams for the future -- Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine: aristocrat and democrat -- The Madisons: James and Dolley -- The gifted Abraham Lincoln -- Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression -- F.D.R. and the New Deal -- Truman in the White House -- The Eisenhower diaries -- The diversions of Lyndon Johnson -- Bush-speak -- Presidential wives: the quest for identity -- They really said it: quotes from the presidents and their wives UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780875654980/ ER -