Arthur M. Schlesinger
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with a nation deep in mourning and the world looking on in stunned disbelief, Jacqueline Kennedy found the strength to set aside her own personal grief for the sake of posterity and begin the task of documenting and preserving her husband's legacy. In January of 1964, she and Robert F. Kennedy approved a planned oral-history project that would capture their first-hand accounts of the late President...
Author
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Description
The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, Harry S. Truman clashed with Southerners over civil rights, with organized labor over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a "splendid misery," but it was during his tenure that the United...
13) The Founding Fathers collection: the first four U.S. Presidents from the American Presidents series
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2008, 2004]
Language
English
Description
This collection presents biographies of the first four presidents of the United States, written by leading historians.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The distinguished political historian's journals provide an intimate history of post-war America, the writer's contributions to multiple presidential administrations, and his relationships with numerous cultural and intellectual figures.
Author
Series
(Arthur Meier),Age of Roosevelt volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Author
Series
(Arthur Meier),Age of Roosevelt volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1958.
Language
English
20) Julius Caesar
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brillant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire.