Presidential Places
Author: Gary W. Ferris
Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780895871763
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents a guide to historic sites related to the American presidents.
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Presidential Sites
Author: William G. Clotworthy
Publisher: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presidential Sites identifies, provides the location of, and briefly describes more than 1000 places that are associated with the Presidents of the United States. The directory includes extant sites directly associated with the presidents, such as birthplaces, marriage sites, homes, battlefields, places of business, churches, libraries, and burial sites, as well as commemorative sites such as monuments, memorials, and public and private institutions. Entries are arranged by President, in chronological order according to a president's first association with a site. The location and significance of each site are described briefly. Basic chronological data are provided for each president. Appendices list colleges attended by the presidents and presidential sites by state and country. A bibliography lists the most useful books available on presidential sites. This book is the most complete, readily accessible, and convenient-to-use directory available on presidential sites. It will serve as both a reference volume and traveler's companion for those wanting rapid and easy access to a comprehensive listing of presidential sites. This book should be especially in demand and useful as interest in presidential history and sites grows.
Presidential Places
Author: Gary Ferris
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780895874580
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents a guide to historic sites related to the American presidents.
Homes and Libraries of the Presidents
Author: William G. Clotworthy
Publisher: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes the lives of the presidents of the United States, their families, and the various homes, libraries, and other sites associated with each.
Presidential Visits by State
Author: Susan Alba
Publisher:
Published: 2021-11-07
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781956932027
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Arkansas to Washington, D.C., and even across the ocean, Presidential Visits by State is bursting with stories and history. Carefully curated, this guide offers insight and information regarding more than two hundred historic destinations tied closely to each president of the United States. Walk in the footsteps of history's most outstanding leaders as you discover the homes, libraries, museums, birthplaces, and tombs of every single president, from the celebrated George Washington to the current Joe Biden. Famous log cabins, public museums, expansive parks, and interactive experiences can all be found in this guidebook, where fascinating historical anecdotes are combined with valuable information for the practical traveler, such as locations, hours of operation, and seasonal availability. Whether you're a teacher, a historian, or just planning a road trip-if you're in search of fun and places rich with history, this guide can take you there!
Presidential Retreats
Author: Peter Hannaford
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-10-30
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1451627157
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A fascinating history of U.S. presidential vacation spots—collected for the first time in one guide that covers everything from Mount Vernon to Kennebunkport to Camp David. Where do you go to relax when you’re the leader of the free world? Even the president needs to get away from it all sometimes. From George Washington to Barack Obama, each of our presidents has sought solace from the tightly structured daily routines of the White House. As Ronald Reagan once said of his California ranch, “I do some of my best thinking there.” Peter Hannaford takes readers on a fascinating armchair vacation with each of our leaders, offering unique historical context for the why and the where of their chosen retreats. Which president asked visiting foreign dignitaries to send him seeds to plant at his family home? Who called his vacation property “Sherwood Forest” because it was “a good place for an outlaw”? Which adventure-loving Commander-in- Chief set up a Summer White House in New York every year? Who liked to cruise aboard the presidential yacht when faced with momentous wartime decisions? Who polled the American people to help him decide where to vacation? Presidential Retreats explores a side of the American presidency that we don’t often see—the downtime—as it offers an intriguing glimpse at the evolution of leisure time in this country.
The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-01-12
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0744040876
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From George Washington to Donald Trump, explore the lives of America's presidents. Discover America's rich history through the eyes of its commanders-in-chief, as well as notable first ladies, famous speeches, and major constitutional events, with this visual reference e-guide to the leaders of the United States. The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia presents a unique insight into life in the White House. More than 150 easy-to-read entries cover the presidents, first ladies, the Louisiana Purchase, the Gettysburg Address, and more. Discover which president gave the shortest inaugural address. Find out which president served the shortest term of only 31 days. Read about the inspiring first ladies who advocated for everything from women's rights to civil rights. Over 200 fascinating photographs add to a young readers' understanding of these leaders and the key moments that defined their time in office. Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, The Presidents Visual Encyclopedia is the perfect one-stop reference guide, teaching kids all they need to know about the history of the United States and the remarkable impact our country has had on the rest of the world.
Presidential Leadership
Author: James Taranto
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2004-07-30
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0743272269
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What makes a president great? Two of America's most prominent institutions, The Wall Street Journal and the Federalist Society, with the help of a wide array of eminent scholars, journalists, and political leaders, tackle this question in Presidential Leadership, the definitive ranking of our nation's chief executives. Based on a survey conducted by the Federalist Society and the Journal, Presidential Leadership examines presidential performance in this collection of provocative, enlightening essays written by a distinguished and diverse group of authors. The survey included seventy-eight liberal and conservative scholars, balancing the sample to reflect the political makeup of the U.S. population as a whole. It represents the first national survey in book form that provides a complete ranking of the presidents, along with an appendix that explains the methodology in detail and includes a wide range of valuable data. The result is an important, fresh, and engaging book, rating the presidents from Washington to Clinton and including an early assessment of George W. Bush's presidency by Journal editorial page editor Paul Gigot. Nearly fifty contributors provide their insights, with one essay on each president or on a broader issue of presidential leadership. Among them: • Forrest McDonald on Thomas Jefferson • Lynne Cheney on James Madison • Douglas Brinkley on James Polk • Christopher Buckley on James Buchanan • Jay Winik on Abraham Lincoln • John McCain on Theodore Roosevelt • Robert Dallek on Lyndon B. Johnson • Peggy Noonan on John F. Kennedy • Paul Johnson on Bill Clinton Their compelling essays, packed with fascinating and often surprising insights, analyze the best and worst of our commanders in chief. Presidential Leadership is the lively result, at once a valuable reference and a tremendously readable collection.
Friends in High Places
Author: Douglas Frantz
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780316291620
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For more than forty years, Clark Clifford was Washington's consummate Democratic power broker - attorney and adviser to the nation's most influential leaders. His 1991 memoir, Counsel to the President, looked back on a remarkable career of public service. But the very year his autobiography was published, the Clifford legend began to crumble. Caught up in the scandal that destroyed the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, the eighty-five-year-old Clifford was arrested on charges relating to his law firm's involvement with the outlaw bank. Though his case never went to trial, and his protege, Robert Altman, was found not guilty, Clifford's reputation was in ruins. How could such a man come to such an end? What happened? And why? In Friends in High Places, a noted investigative reporter and a chief investigator in the Senate inquiry on BCCI provide the answers. Drawing on original documents, more than a hundred interviews with Clifford's friends and adversaries, and fifty hours of interviews with Clifford himself, the authors reveal the drive and shrewdness that led Clifford to the pinnacle of power - and demonstrate convincingly that his involvement with BCCI was no aberration, but the bitter fruit of seeds planted at the beginning.
Understanding the Fundamentals of the U.S. Presidential Election System
Author: Alexander S. Belenky
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-04-25
Total Pages: 443
ISBN-13: 364223819X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first book on the U.S. presidential election system to analyze the basic principles underlying the design of the existing system and those at the heart of competing proposals for improving the system. The book discusses how the use of some election rules embedded in the U.S. Constitution and in the Presidential Succession Act may cause skewed or weird election outcomes and election stalemates. The book argues that the act may not cover some rare though possible situations which the Twentieth Amendment authorizes Congress to address. Also, the book questions the constitutionality of the National Popular Vote Plan to introduce a direct popular presidential election de facto, without amending the Constitution, and addresses the plan’s “Achilles’ Heel.” In particular, the book shows that the plan may violate the Equal Protection Clause from the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. Numerical examples are provided to show that the counterintuitive claims of the NPV originators and proponents that the plan will encourage presidential candidates to “chase” every vote in every state do not have any grounds. Finally, the book proposes a plan for improving the election system by combining at the national level the “one state, one vote” principle – embedded in the Constitution – and the “one person, one vote” principle. Under this plan no state loses its current Electoral College benefits while all the states gain more attention of presidential candidates.
