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In this history of the highest office of the United States of America, Paul Brandus, White House-based journalist and creator of the enormously popular "West Wing Report" (200K+ followers) on Twitter (@WestWingReport) focuses on an oft ignored key player-the life of the White House itself....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield,
[2015]
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| Edición: | 1st edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; CHAPTER ONE John Adams: A Benediction for the Future; CHAPTER TWO Thomas Jefferson: The Lewis & Clark Expedition; CHAPTER THREE James and Dolley Madison: The Burning of the White House; CHAPTER FOUR James Monroe: The Monroe Doctrine; CHAPTER FIVE Andrew Jackson: The Nullification Crisis; CHAPTER SIX John Tyler: Ten Funerals and a Wedding; CHAPTER SEVEN James K. Polk: Five Presidents, One War; CHAPTER EIGHT Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address; CHAPTER NINE Ulysses S. Grant: The Secret Swearing-In; CHAPTER TEN Rutherford B. Hayes:The Wired White House
- CHAPTER ELEVEN William McKinley: The Spanish-AmericanWarCHAPTER TWELVE Theodore Roosevelt: The Dawn of the American Century; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Woodrow Wilson: The Secret Illness; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Warren G. Harding: Scandals Galore; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring Twenties; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Fireside Chats; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Harry Truman: "The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets"; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN John F. Kennedy: The Blood Red Carpet; CHAPTER NINETEEN Richard Nixon: The Enemy Within; CHAPTER TWENTY Ronald Reagan: Lights, Camera, Action
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Barack Obama: The bin Laden RaidAcknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author