Essays on the presidents [electronic resource] : principles, policies, and peccadillos / Paul F. Boller Jr.
Material type: TextPublication details: Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 245 p. )ISBN:- 9780875654980
- 0875654983
- 973.09/9 23
- JK516 .B66 2012
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.
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