Title: White House confidential
Subtitle: the little book of weird presidential history
First published: 1998
Description: Were past presidents smarter, more honest, and better behaved that those we elect today? Don’t bet on it! *White House Confidential* shows that commanders-in-chief have been lying, cheating, stealing, and womanizing from the days of the Founding Fathers. Focusing on the qualities that never made it into White House press releases, the authors look at their sexual misdeeds and strange family relationships, scandals that engulfed administrations, fights with enemies, and questionable money matters. Dip into these pages to find out:

Which president was famous for being the richest man alive because of all his brilliant real estate deals?
Which president was born in Canada, and was ineligible to hold the office of president?
Which president caused some problems by trying to grow “strange herbs” in the White House garden?
Which president often ordered White House staff to rub Vaseline into his scalp while he ate breakfast in bed?
Which president often called his deputy chief of staff “Turd Blossom”?
Subjects: Miscellanea, Presidents, Biography, History, Presidents -- United States -- History -- Miscellanea, Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Miscellanea, White house (washington, d.c.), United states, politics and government, Presidents, united states, portraits, Anecdotes
Places: United States
People: U.S. Presidents