Our country's presidents / Ann Bausum ; with a foreword by President George W. Bush.
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TextDescription: 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmISBN: 0792272269Subject(s): Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Biographies.
Contents:
Presidency and how it grew : George Washington -- John Adams -- White house: the building and its history -- Thomas Jefferson -- James Madison -- Powers of the president: the executive branch in government -- James Monroe -- John Quincy Adams -- Andrew Jackson -- From sea to shining sea : Martin Van Buren -- William Henry Harrison -- John Tyler -- James K. Polk -- Running for president: primaries, campaigns, and the electoral college -- Zachary Taylor -- Millard Fillmore -- Franklin Pierce -- James Buchanan -- New birth of freedom : Abraham Lincoln -- Andrew Johnson -- U.S. political parties : the two-party system -- Ulysses S. Grant -- Rutherford B. Hayes -- James A. Garfield -- Chester A. Arthur -- Grover Cleveland -- Presidential facts and comparisons: a look at the stats -- Benjamin Harrison -- America takes center stage : William McKinley -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Kids in the White House: at home in the spotlight -- William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson -- Warren G. Harding -- Calvin Coolidge -- Herbert Hoover -- Seeking stability in the atomic age : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- First ladies: partners, hostesses, and crusaders -- Harry S. Trumen -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy -- Presidents who died in office: the mysterious twenty-year curse -- Lyndon B. Johnson -- Richard M. Nixon -- Gerald R. Ford -- Media, money and the presidency: new campaign trends -- Jimmy Carter -- Ronald Reagan -- After the wall came down -- George Bush -- William Jefferson Clinton -- Election 2000: dramatic finish makes history -- George W. Bush -- Chart of presidential election results.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 973.09/ BAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400000614 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
Presidency and how it grew : George Washington -- John Adams -- White house: the building and its history -- Thomas Jefferson -- James Madison -- Powers of the president: the executive branch in government -- James Monroe -- John Quincy Adams -- Andrew Jackson -- From sea to shining sea : Martin Van Buren -- William Henry Harrison -- John Tyler -- James K. Polk -- Running for president: primaries, campaigns, and the electoral college -- Zachary Taylor -- Millard Fillmore -- Franklin Pierce -- James Buchanan -- New birth of freedom : Abraham Lincoln -- Andrew Johnson -- U.S. political parties : the two-party system -- Ulysses S. Grant -- Rutherford B. Hayes -- James A. Garfield -- Chester A. Arthur -- Grover Cleveland -- Presidential facts and comparisons: a look at the stats -- Benjamin Harrison -- America takes center stage : William McKinley -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Kids in the White House: at home in the spotlight -- William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson -- Warren G. Harding -- Calvin Coolidge -- Herbert Hoover -- Seeking stability in the atomic age : Franklin D. Roosevelt -- First ladies: partners, hostesses, and crusaders -- Harry S. Trumen -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy -- Presidents who died in office: the mysterious twenty-year curse -- Lyndon B. Johnson -- Richard M. Nixon -- Gerald R. Ford -- Media, money and the presidency: new campaign trends -- Jimmy Carter -- Ronald Reagan -- After the wall came down -- George Bush -- William Jefferson Clinton -- Election 2000: dramatic finish makes history -- George W. Bush -- Chart of presidential election results.
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