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020 _a9780875654980
020 _a0875654983
020 _z9780875654430 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _z0875654436 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aJK516
_b.B66 2012
082 0 0 _a973.09/9
_223
100 1 _aBoller, Paul F.
245 1 0 _aEssays on the presidents
_h[electronic resource] :
_bprinciples, policies, and peccadillos /
_cPaul F. Boller Jr.
260 _aFort Worth, Tex. :
_bTCU Press,
_cc2012.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 245 p. )
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780875654980/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c32999
_d32999