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Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The best advice First Lady Barbara Bush offered her family, staff, and close friends"--
As a mother, Barbara Bush made sure we all knew that your children must come first, and one of the most important things you can do is to read to them. As a friend and mentor, she showed that you had to be true to yourself. Even at the end of her life, she taught us how to die with grace. Her advice ranged from what to wear, what to say or not say, and how to...
2882) Andrew Johnson
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Andrew Johnson including his career as a tailor, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act, the Fourteenth Amendment, and his impeachment by the House of Representatives. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to...
2883) James Buchanan
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to James Buchanan including his early political career and key events from Buchanan's administration including the Dred Scott case and the secession of seven Southern states prior to the American Civil War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to...
2884) Theodore Roosevelt
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Theodore Roosevelt including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including building of the Panama Canal, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor, and winning the Nobel Prize. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...
2885) James Madison
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to James Madison including his early political career and key events from Madison's administration including the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo...
2886) John Tyler
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces young readers to the life of John Tyler including his military service, early political career, and key events from Tyler's administration including his opposition to the national bank, Second Seminole War, and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
2887) James Monroe
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to James Monroe including his military service, early political career, and key events from Monroe's administration including the Monroe Doctrine. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo...
2888) Benjamin Harrison
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Benjamin Harrison including his early political career and key events from Harrison's administration including the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard...
Author
Series
Encyclopedia of presidents volume 36
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of striking and intimate photographs of Michelle Obama--many never before seen--coupled with personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories from Official White House Photographer Amanda Lucidon, presented in a deluxe format. Michelle Obama is one of the most admired First Ladies in history, known for her grace, spirit, and beauty, as well as for the amazing work she did during her tenure to promote girls' education, combat childhood...
2895) The case for Trump
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In The Case for Trump, award-winning historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how a celebrity businessman with no political or military experience triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become president of the United States--and an extremely successful president. Trump alone saw a political opportunity in...
2897) Havel: a life
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of a man who rose from being outcasted and imprisoned during Communist rule to become the last president of Czechoslovakia, the first president of the newly democratic Czech Republic and a human-rights activist.
Publisher
History Channel Club
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"He led a rag-tag array of farmers and woodsmen to victory over the greatest army in the world...and then oversaw the formation of a new nation. And he became president under the idea that people can govern themselves"--Container.