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001 2011039072
003 DLC
005 20120620173846.0
008 110922s2011 ncu b 001 0ceng
010 $a 2011039072
020 $a9780786463367 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE176.1$b.N79 2011
082 00 $a973.09/9$aB$223
100 1 $aNowlan, Robert A.
245 14 $aThe American presidents, Washington to Tyler :$bwhat they did, what they said, what was said about them, with full source notes /$cRobert A. Nowlan.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$c2011.
263 $a1112
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aGeorge Washington: the man who would not be king -- John Adams: the revolution made in the minds of the people -- Thomas Jefferson: the polymath president -- James Madison: that dear little Jemmy -- James Monroe: the last of the cocked hats -- John Quincy Adams: a man of principles, not parties -- Andrew Jackson: a good friend and a bad enemy -- Martin Van Buren: the foxy first full-time politician -- William Henry Harrison: sung into the presidency -- John Tyler: president or acting president? Patriot or traitor?.
520 $a"Through current day, only forty-three men have held the office of the President of the United States, and some have been sanctified and some reviled. This historical work addresses the careers of the first ten presidents, men who made vital contributions not only to the office of the presidency, but to the course of the fledgling nation"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1789-1815.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861.