Almanac of American presidents : from 1789 to the present : an original compendium of facts and anecdotes about politics and the presidency in the United States of America

Connelly, Thomas Lawrence (Added Author). Senecal, Michael D. (Added Author).

Contents:

Where they lived : homes of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century presidents / Katherine H. Richardson
Educating the presidents / Edward D.C. Campbell, Jr.
Family ties : facts about the first families / Thomas L. Connelly
Odd jobs : occupations of the presidents before they were president / Thomas J. Connelly
Military careers of the presidents / Phillip Cockrell
Presidents in Congress
The camp meetings of American politics : presidential nominating conventions / Miles S. Richards
Selling the president and his party : presidential campaign iconography / Scott Derks
The politics of religion / Richard Gamble
Critical presidential elections / Thomas L. Connelly
The official residences / Robert B. Bennett, Jr.

Click "More Details" to view full contents

Item details

ISBN: 9780816022199
ISBN: 0816022194
Physical Description: ix, 485 p. : ill ; 26 cm.
print
Publisher: New York : Facts on File, c1991.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"A Manly book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 448-459) and index. "Books by the presidents published during their lifetimes": p. 445-447.
Formatted Contents Note:	Where they lived : homes of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century presidents / Katherine H. Richardson Educating the presidents / Edward D.C. Campbell, Jr. Family ties : facts about the first families / Thomas L. Connelly Odd jobs : occupations of the presidents before they were president / Thomas J. Connelly Military careers of the presidents / Phillip Cockrell Presidents in Congress ; The camp meetings of American politics : presidential nominating conventions / Miles S. Richards Selling the president and his party : presidential campaign iconography / Scott Derks The politics of religion / Richard Gamble Critical presidential elections / Thomas L. Connelly The official residences / Robert B. Bennett, Jr. What happened during the terms of the presidents / Thomas L. Connelly Fear in national politics / James A. Dunlap III Secession movements in American history / William Piston Presidents and the Civil War / Stephen R. Wise Scandals in the highest office / Philip Cockrell - - Who was president when what was invented / Thomas L. Connelly Memorable first ladies / Suzanne Linder Forgotten leaders : careers of the vice-presidents who never served as president / Thomas L. Connelly After the presidency : what happened in the lives of the former presidents / Michael D. Senecal.