Great American presidents
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4) Jimmy Carter
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Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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A biography of the thirty-ninth president, from his early childhood to his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Jimmy Carter, a boy from a small Georgia farming community, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and went on to a career in the elite nuclear submarine program. After his father's death, Carter returned home to run the family peanut farm and warehouse business. In the early 1960s, he entered politics, first as a state senator, then...
5) John Adams
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Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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A biography of the second president of the United States.
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Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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Chronicles the life and presidency of Woodrow Wilson, describing his childhood in Georgia during the Civil War, his years as a lawyer and a professor, America's involvement in World War I, and his work to create the League of Nations.