William Howard Taft
By: Kim A. O'Connell.
Series: Presidents
Publisher: MyReportLinks.com Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Taft, William H. 1857-1930 -- Juvenile literature.; Taft, William H. 1857-1930.; Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Presidents.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Traces the life of the twenty-seventh president, who worked to guard against unfair child labor practices and oversaw the planting of the first Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to William Howard Taft.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
"Internet links kept up to date on www.myreportlinks.com"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: The reluctant president; title: Learning the law: Taft's early life, 1857-1880; title: The way to the White House, 1880-1908; title: A stiff upper lip: the Presidency, 1909-1913; title: From Yale to the Supreme Court, 1913-1930; title: Last years and legacy.