American Presidents
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John Adams: The American Presidents Series: The 2nd President, 1797-1801
$34.00 Add to cartA revealing look at the true beginning of American politics
Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson. Volatile, impulsive, irrita- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Diggins, John Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 11 2003
- ISBN10: 0805069372
- Language: English
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Franklin Pierce: The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857
$34.00 Add to cartThe genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation’s simmering battle over slavery
Charming and handsome, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was drafted to- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Holt, Michael F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 30 2010
- ISBN10: 0805087192
- Language: English
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William Howard Taft
$35.00 Add to cartThe only man to serve as president and chief justice, who approached every decision in constitutional terms, defending the Founders’ vision against new populist threats to American democracy
William H- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Rosen, Jeffrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0805069542
- Language: English
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Woodrow Wilson: The American Presidents Series: The 28th President, 1913-1921
$31.99 Add to cartA comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policy
On the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow Wilson commented, It would be the irony of fate- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0805069550
- Language: English
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Amer Pres: Fillmore
$33.00 Add to cartThe oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil war
In the summer of 1850, America was at a terrible crossroads. Congress was in an- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Finkelman, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 10 2011
- ISBN10: 080508715X
- Language: English
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Benjamin Harrison: The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893
$33.99 Add to cartThe scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government
An engrossing ferry to 19th century America, Benjamin Harrison is sure to capture every political enthusiast’s attention. Join Char- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Calhoun, Charles W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0805069526
- Language: English
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Martin Van Buren: The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841
$34.00 Add to cartThe first president born after America’s independence ushers in a new era of democracy
Dive deep into the political life of the first president born after America’s independence. Martin Van Buren, ski- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Widmer, Ted
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 05 2005
- ISBN10: 0805069224
- Language: English
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James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861
$31.99 Add to cartA provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War
Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan. He had served in the Pennsylvania st- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Baker, Jean H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0805069461
- Language: English
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Rutherford B. Hayes: The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881
$35.00 Add to cartA leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000
The disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden, in which Congre- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Trefousse, Hans Louis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0805069089
- Language: English
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Warren G. Harding: The American Presidents Series: The 29th President, 1921-1923
$33.99 Add to cartPresident Nixon’s former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal
Warren G. Harding may be best known as America’s worst president. Scandals plagued him: the Teapot Dome affair, corrup- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Dean, John W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0805069569
- Language: English
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James K. Polk: The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849
$32.99 Add to cartThe story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracy
James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander in chief, the youngest presi- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Seigenthaler, John, Sr.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 04 2004
- ISBN10: 0805069429
- Language: English
