Evening star., 1932-10-02
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Inside and Outside the White
House.


In connection with the coming presi-
DENTAL elections the Public Library pre-
sents the following list Of books on the
successful candidates since Lincoln, sup
plemented by biographies Of defeated
candidates whose lives are as interest
ing, sometimes more so, than those
counted victorious.
Those Who Made the Grade.
Abraham Lincoln. the Prairie Years, by
Carl Sandburg. 1926. EL63sa.
The story of Lincoln's prairie wears is
told with such charm and sympathy
that it Is not only q cor, ribution to
Lincoln material, but ccl. ribution to
literature.
The Age of Hate; Andrew johnson and
the Radicals, by G. F. Milton. 1880.
EJ6I76m.
biography defending Andrew john
son and condemning the radical group
who were conSpiring to overthrow the
existing Constitution.
Meet General Grant. by w. z. Wood
ward. 1928 E.G7657ga.
very readable account OF the life
and times of Grant, analyzing both his
strength and weakness.
Rutherford B. Hayes, Statesman of Re-
union, by H. ]. Eckenrode and P. w.
Wight. 1880. EH32se.
In order to promote industrial ex-
pansion in this country President Hayes
realized that peace between the North
and South was necessary.
Chester Alan Arthur, the Man Who
Found Himself. In Our Presidents,
by James Morgan. 1924. E.sM824o.
p208-2l4.
A brief biography of Garfield's sue
cessor.
Grover Cleveland. Man Four-Square
by D. T. Lynch. 1882. E.C597
"A popularity written biography !.
OF an indomitable fighter Of political
dishonesty"
Life Of General Ben Harrison, by Lew
Wallace. 1888. E.H244wa.
An accurate and interesting biography
of General Harrison.
The Life Of William Mckinley, by c. S.
Olcot, 1916. EM213o.
Covers the times as well as the Life of
President Mckinley.
Theodore Roosevelt, q biography, by H.
F. Pringle. 1881. E.R673p.
An unbiased account which makes
available new facts for the student.
william Howard Taft, by H. S. Duffy.
1880. E.Tl26du.
Deals with Taft's public life through
the period Of his presidency.
Woodrow Wilson; Life and Letters. by
R. S.. Baker. 4 vols. 1s27-31.
E.W697ba
A complete study of the war Presi-
dent.
A Calm Review Of Calm Man, by 8. G.
Blythe. 1923. EH217b.
This book was written before the
death Of President Harding. 1t gives a
picture of the man the public knew
when he came to the White House.
The Truth About Hoover, by Herbert
Corey. 1882. E.H768c
"An attempt to answer the criticisms
that have been brought against Presi-
dent Hoover"
They Also Ran.
The "Also Rams; Great Men Who Missed
Making the Presidential Goal, by D.
@. Seitz. 1923. E9Se44.
Eighteen men who ran for the presi-
dency and were defeated.
Stephen A. Douglas, by Louis Rowland.
1920. E.D756h.
"The author stresses the fundamental
patriotism which the heated party con-
troversies Of the day often obscured."
Horace Greeley, Founder of the New
York Tribune. by D. @. Seitz.
1925. E.G81s.
A background Of "men and events of
our American Victorian period"
The Life Of Samuel j. Tilden, by John
piOaIn--- 1Q0E TAS2h
The public and private papers Of the
unsuccessful candidate in the disputed
Hayes -Tilden election were used by the
author as the basis of this biography.
Blaine Of Maine; His Life and Times, by
C.. E. Russell. 1881. E.B578ru.
This candidate had the honor and
courage to oNrun five times for the presi-
dency.
Bryan, the Great Commoner, by j. C.
Long. 1928. E.B.84l !.
The author makes the most Of the
| Commoner's picturesque qualities and
| his gifts as reformer and fighting
politician"
Charles Iess E. ! Hughes; A1shss, by ". L. Ransom
"The opinions of Justice Hughes
quoted in the volume give q clear and
attractive picture Of the working of his
mind and the range and nature of his
sympathies."
/ The Life Of John w. Davis, by T. A
Huntley. 1924. E.D2924h.
! "The facts are rounded out with
genuine human anecdote gathered
| from many sources"
Alfred E. Smith; q Critical Study, by H
F. Pringle. 1927. ESm50p.
| "a study of the political personality
of Gov. Smith and his notable record ot
legislation at Albany"
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