Presidential AnecdotesFrom the story of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree to Bill Clinton winging a speech to Congress, from Abraham Lincoln's homely tales to Ronald Reagan's one-liners, Presidential Anecdotes contains an abundance of stories about America's presidents. Arranged chronologically, the stories are based on passages appearing in autobiographies, letters, journals, and reminiscences of the presidents and their families, friends, and associates. Some of the stories are spurious, as the book makes clear, but most of them have a solid basis in fact. Boller provides a sketch of each president, depicting his personality, temperament, life style, and central vision, and then goes on to tell stories about them that throw further light on their characters and personalities. Taken together, Boller's essays and stories about America's Chief Executives comprise a capsule history of the presidency and a running commentary on American politics during the past two hundred years. |
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User Review - Halieus - LibraryThingInteresting, short anecdotes written in an engaging manner. Great for speaking, teaching, and preaching illustrations, waiting room reading, as well as light, "traveling reading" -- my copy is in the van. Read full review
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User Review - ServusLibri - LibraryThingIn fairness I must expand AlextheHuns review. I completely agree with him, but those editions marked 'revised edtion' on the cover after 1996, now include a bibliographic index. Read full review
Contents
George Washington | 3 |
John Adams | 24 |
Thomas Jefferson | 34 |
James Madison | 45 |
James Monroe | 50 |
John Quincy Adams | 56 |
Andrew Jackson | 66 |
Martin Van Buren | 85 |
Benjamin Harrison | 183 |
William McKinley | 188 |
Theodore Roosevelt | 194 |
William Howard Taft | 212 |
Woodrow Wilson | 217 |
Warren G Harding | 229 |
Calvin Coolidge | 233 |
Herbert Hoover | 251 |
William Henry Harrison | 90 |
John Tyler | 95 |
James K Polk | 99 |
Zachary Taylor | 103 |
Millard Fillmore | 110 |
Franklin Pierce | 113 |
James Buchanan | 117 |
Abraham Lincoln | 122 |
Andrew Johnson | 147 |
Ulysses S Grant | 153 |
Rutherford B Hayes | 163 |
James A Garfield | 168 |
Chester A Arthur | 173 |
Grover Cleveland | 177 |
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Presidential Anecdotes Paul F. Boller,Professor of History Paul F Boller, Jr. PH.D Snippet view - 1981 |
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