Author in Chief : The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote.
Craig. Fehrman
Bok Engelsk 2020 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (508 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Introduction -- Part I: George Washington to James Monroe -- Chapter One: In and Out of Control: Thomas Jefferson and the First Campaign Book -- Chapter Two: Autobiography's Founding Father: John Adams and the First Legacy Book -- Chapter Three: Primed and Cocked: American History Finds Its Readers -- Part II: John Quincy Adams to Ulysses S. Grant -- Chapter Four: The Poet, the President Who Couldn't Spell, and the Campaign Biography -- Chapter Five: "Abram" Lincoln Writes a Book -- Chapter Six: "General Grant, the People Are Moving En Masse upon Your 'Memoirs'" -- Part III: Rutherford B. Hayes to Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Chapter Seven: Head of the Class: Roosevelt, Wilson, and the Expansion of Executive Power -- Chapter Eight: Campaign Books Hit the Trail (Thanks to, of All Presidents, Calvin Coolidge) -- Chapter Nine: Legacy Books Get Personal (Thanks to, of All Presidents, Calvin Coolidge) -- Part IV: Harry S. Truman to Donald Trump -- Chapter Ten: Harry Truman's Histories -- Chapter Eleven: The Writer Who Wouldn't Write -- Chapter Twelve: Reagan and the Rise of the Blockbuster -- Chapter Thirteen: The Literary Candidate -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: A Presidential Reading List -- Appendix II: An Essay on Sources and Methods -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Index -- Image Credits -- Copyright.
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| ISBN | 1-4767-8659-3
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