Essays on the presidents
Subtitle: principles, policies, and peccadillos
By: Paul F. Boller Jr
Publisher: TCU Press; Texas Christian University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Fort Worth, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780875654430
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents
Description: This collection of essays by Dr. Paul F. Boller Jr. shares the humorous, intriguing, and little-known or widely misunderstood aspects of the American presidency. Personality-of the most interesting presidents and of Boller himself-is an important theme throughout this collection. Boller's prose, distinct and inviting, causes the reader to see what is often overlooked in the history of American presidents: their humanity. Here he corrects the misconceptions many Americans deem as truth in a lighthearted and truly characteristic voice, showing the significant changes in the presidential office.
Table of contents: title: The first American presidency, 1789-1829; title: The log cabin myth about American presidents; title: Pennsylvania: the avenue of the presidents; title: The story of presidential campaigns: from electioneering to stump-speaking; title: No need to salute the troops, Sir; title: To bigotry no sanction; title: The campaign of 1852: a civilian beats a general; title: Professional soldiers in the White House; title: Religion in American presidential campaigns; title: George Washington and civil supremacy; title: George and the Quakers; title: George Washington and the Jews; title: John Adams's marginal comments; title: Jefferson's dreams for the future; title: Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine: aristocrat and democrat; title: The Madisons: James and Dolley; title: The gifted Abraham Lincoln; title: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression; title: F.D.R. and the New Deal; title: Truman in the White House; title: The Eisenhower diaries; title: The diversions of Lyndon Johnson; title: Bush-speak; title: Presidential wives: the quest for identity; title: They really said it: quotes from the presidents and their wives.