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A Treasury Of Great American Scandals : Tantalizing True Tales Of Historic Misbehavior By The Founding Fathers And Others Who Let Freedom Swing

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Booknotes : On American Character

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Presidential Courage : Brave Leaders And How They Changed America, 1789-1989

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Attack Poodles, And Other Media Mutants : The Looting Of The News In A Time Of Terror

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Imperfect Presidents : Tales Of Misadventure And Triumph

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Pols : Great Writers On American Politicians From Bryan To Reagan

  • Pols : Great Writers On American Politicians From Bryan To Reagan

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    edited by Jack Beatty

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    Book, 1st ed, Public Affairs, 2004

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    Particularly at the height of this political season, it’s both edifying and a joy to read some of America’s greatest political biographers on a century of its most notable politicians. Pols, a brilliant collection for the bookshelf or nightstand of any political junkie or fan of good writing, is a literary investigation into American political history at its earthiest and its most high flown. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  E747 .P65 2004  AVAILABLE

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The Partly Cloudy Patriot

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Thanks For The Memories, Mr. President : Wit And Wisdom From The Front Row At The White House

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Founding Brothers : The Revolutionary Generation

  • Founding Brothers : The Revolutionary Generation

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    by Joseph J. Ellis

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    Book, 1st ed, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000

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    An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic–John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. In a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever-combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Ellis argues that the checks and balances that permitted the infant American republic to endure were not primarily legal, constitutional, or institutional, but intensely personal, rooted in the dynamic interaction of leaders with quite different visions and values. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  E302.5 .E45 2000  AVAILABLE

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Name-dropping : From F.D.R. On

  • Name-dropping : From F.D.R. On

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    John Kenneth Galbraith

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    Book, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1999

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    John Kenneth Galbraith, the noted economist, joined Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal in 1934 and served that administration during World War II in the crucial role of deputy head of the Office of Price Administration in charge of price control. In this clear-eyed, unsparing, and amusing look back at the world and the people he has known, Galbraith tells what these leaders did — how they looked to him then and how they look to him now — with unforgettable reminiscences and a rich infusion of engaging anecdotes. Kennedy’s preference for plain talk did not spare his friends. “I don’t know why not,” said Kennedy. Nehru said that one day at Gandhi’s ashram in Ahmedabad a friend and supporter sought to ease a conflict with the British Viceroy by saying, “Mahatma, you must know that Lord Irwin never makes a decision without praying over it first.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  E747 .G28 1999  AVAILABLE

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Congressional Anecdotes

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Too Funny To Be President

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Presidential Campaigns

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    Paul F. Boller, Jr

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    Book, Oxford University Press, 1984

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    Campaigning for the presidency demands strength and courage. Presidential Campaigns takes note of the serious side of the elections even as it documents the frenzy, the frolic, and the sleaze. Each chapter contains a brief essay describing every election from 1789 to 1992, and then presents some “campaign highlights”–songs, poems, slogans, jokes, and anecdotes–that help bring to life the quadrennial confrontation in all its shame and glory. Presidential Campaigns makes one thing clear: the “great American shindig” (as one Englishman called it) is, for all its shortcomings, an essential part of the American democratic system and, for better or for worse, tells us much about ourselves. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  E176.1 .B683 1984  AVAILABLE

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The Fine Art Of Political Wit : Being A Lively Guide To The Artistic Invective, Elegant Epithet, And Polished Impromptus As Well As The Gallant And Graceful Worldly Wit Of Various British & American Politicians From The 18th Century Through Our Own Days Of Grace. A Handbook For Piercing The Political Epidermis Of Opponents

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The Washington Wits,

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