Presidential Anecdotes

Zusatztext The material Boller has culled is fascinating even when the Presidents are not. Informationen zum Autor Paul Boller is Professor of History Emeritus at Texas Christian University. He is the author of many popular books on American History, including the best-selling Congressional Anecdotes and Not So! Popular Myths about America from Columbus to Clinton. Klappentext Dramatic, poignant, hilarious, and sentimental, anecdotes about our presidents are as varied as the presidents themselves. This new and revised edition of Presidential Anecdotes recounts some of the most striking stories about America's 42 chief executives, from Washington to Clinton, shedding light on the presidents as human beings and on the culture that produced them. Zusammenfassung Dramatic, poignant, hilarious, and sentimental: anecdotes about US presidents are as varied as the presidents themselves, and people have enjoyed hearing them since the early days of the American Republic. This new and revised edition of Presidential Anecdotes recounts some of the most striking stories about America's forty-two Chief Executives, from Washington to Clinton.

Product details

• Authors: Paul F. Boller, Paul F. (Professor Emeritus Boller, Paul F. Jr. Boller, Boller Paul F.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.1996
• EAN: 9780195097313
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509731-3
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / United States / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, History of the Americas, Anthologies (non-poetry), Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, Central / national / federal government, Encyclopaedias and reference works, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works, Central government