First Men, America's Presidents (Edited Series)
“The main theme for this book series are the qualities displayed by the American Presidents that suggest excellence in leadership based upon their policies both foreign and domestic. Their moral example and qualities of citizenship are analyzed, and their effective personal traits related to their accomplishments are examined. These books are complete biographies of each American President. This valuable book series answers the question: What makes a great President? First Men, America’s Presidents is available both as a complete book series or as individual Presidential biographies. This remarkable book series is Ideal for public and university libraries as well as individual readers.” Dr. Barbara Bennett Peterson (General Editor, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Hawaii and Professor of History by Courtesy, Oregon State University)
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Quick ViewThe 44th U.S. President, Barack Obama, has fulfilled the dream of “inclusiveness” for American society by moving contemporary society closer towards universal equality for all. Dr. Thomas E. Carney has written a powerful and incisive volume on the life and policies of Obama from his birth in Hawaii in 1961, through his diverse roots in…
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Quick ViewWhile George W. Bush has been out of office for only a few years, an early historical assessment is much needed. This is very difficult for a historian, and especially when one’s subject is George W. Bush. He had no long legislative or political career against which to measure his presidency. There are virtually no…
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Quick ViewBill Clinton, the first president born after the end of World War II, brought a new generation’s vision and attitude to the White House. His 1992 defeat of overwhelming favorite George H. W. Bush, who was running for a second term, is a fascinating story of the fickleness of presidential popularity. Clinton was an unknown…
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Quick ViewThe forty-first president of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, arguably had more preparation for the office than any other man who has held the office. Having been a success in the oil business after his heroic service in World War II and graduation from Yale University, Bush served as a Congressman from Texas,…
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Quick ViewComing from humble origins in Illinois, Ronald Reagan always carried an optimism that life would get better, and with his education from small Eureka College, he moved on to become a radio announcer in Iowa and an actor for Warner Brothers in Hollywood. As World War II ended, his political consciousness grew to the point…
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Quick ViewJimmy Carter was a complex man who from his early years in rural southern Georgia, strove for excellence and ambitiously pursued his personal agenda—from an Annapolis educated naval officer who worked on the early development of the nuclear submarine to a successful small businessman and farmer to a political career that culminated in four years…
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Quick ViewIt is beyond question that Gerald R. Ford, the thirty-eighth President of the United States, brought honesty and integrity back into the White House at a time when the country needed those qualities and, in doing so, he restored a sense of calm to a troubled and anxious country. He embodied the qualities and virtues…
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Quick ViewIn the twenty years since Richard Nixon’s death, both his achievements and his failures remain hotly contested. His domestic achievements included revenue sharing, the end of the military draft, new anticrime laws, and a broad environmental program. In terms of foreign policy, he opened relations with the People’s Republic of China, signed the Strategic Arms…
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Quick ViewOver the decades, histories of Lyndon Johnson have continued to evolve. There remain many debated questions even more than 40 years after his death. The 37th president is, even today—and more so than others who have attained the nation’s highest elected office—such a larger than life figure that no single biographical work fully captures or…
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Quick ViewPresident of the United States of America is an official title sought by many and won by only a few individuals. The series entitled First Men, America’s Presidents, contains a book length biography of each President of the United States of America. Every book contains information on the President’s early education, professional career, military or…
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Quick ViewThis book presents a biographical sketch of a distinctive American icon, Dwight Eisenhower. The volume spans his early life in Kansas, West Point years and Army career in both the United States and overseas in the Philippines, Panama, and Europe. His subsequent rapid rise in rank while commanding American and Allied forces in Europe during…
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Quick ViewTruman, the thirty-third president of the United States, was thrust into office on April 12th, 1945. His path to the presidency did not follow a straight trajectory. Truman had been an ordinary American, growing up in the Midwest where he was raised by parents who were unable to provide the benefits associated with rank or…
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Quick ViewFranklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirty-second president of the United States and served four consecutive terms, the longest presidential administration in American history. His resilience, forbearance, and superb political abilities establish Roosevelt as one of America’s greatest leaders and he has been called the greatest president of the twentieth century for restoring confidence following the…
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Quick ViewHerbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a successful mining engineer, the peoples icon, and administrator. He showed the Efficiency Movement component of the Progressive Era, arguing there were other solutions to all social and economic problems-a position that was challenged by the…
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Quick ViewCalvin Coolidge was one of America’s most unusual presidents. Selected as vice president by rebellious convention delegates and thrust unexpectedly into the presidency on the death of his predecessor, he nonetheless imprinted his authority on both party and country. Like Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, he came to personify not just an administration…
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Quick ViewWarren Gamaliel Harding was a traditional man in the mode of the late-nineteenth, early-twentieth century. His values, perspective on the world around him, his habits and leisure pastimes, and his opinions about being an American and a man were all extremely traditional. To understand Warren G. Harding one must first seek the essence of the…
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Quick ViewWhile most biographers paint Woodrow Wilson as an uncompromising intellectual who failed to win America’s entrance into the League of Nations, Mary Stockwell”s book portrays our 28th President as a man shaped first and foremost by his emotions and his imagination. From the time he first played that he was a great hero chasing pirates…
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Quick ViewWilliam Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States and later the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. He is the only person to have served in both offices. Riding a wave of popular support of President (and fellow Republican) Theodore Roosevelt, Taft won an…
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Quick ViewTheodore Roosevelt was the first modern president. His policies and actions while in office helped define many of the characteristics and traditions that we now associate with the presidency. In addition, Roosevelt was responsible for a number of presidential “firsts.” For instance, he was the first president to travel outside of the United States during…
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Quick ViewMcKinley governed in a time of extreme change in U.S. history. As Congressman, Governor, and President, McKinley embraced adaptation and modernization and governed with a style based on his traditional experiences, knowledge and character. In the 1890s, America prospered at home and abroad, largely because of the policies of McKinley. President McKinley recognized transformations taking…
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Quick ViewBenjamin Harrison was an honest, intelligent, hardworking lawyer from Indiana who became the twenty-third President of the United States. During his term in office, he signed important legislation and provided leadership in negotiating foreign policy, striving to advance the United States toward becoming a world power. This book presents an up-to-date and cogent biography of…
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Quick ViewGrover Cleveland was a contradiction to almost everyone but himself. The only member of the Democratic Party to serve as chief executive between the Civil War and World War One, Cleveland incurred the most spiteful opposition from members of his own party. Still seeking to reconcile the lingering antipathy of the Civil War, the United…
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Quick ViewArthur’s greatest success was in cutting the surplus, although it was a modest reduction, maintaining the protectionist tariff system, achieving civil service reform, and rebuilding the navy. Like every president he did disappoint and he carefully crafted his politics to achieve his ends. The years of Arthur’s administration were ones of great changes. Industrial growth…
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Quick ViewThe Age of President Garfield was an exciting age as it featured the music of John Philip Sousa’s marching bands, the new dime novels, captains of industry such as John D. Rockefeller, legendary cowboys of the Old West, the Indian Wars, and the expansion of America’s interest in empire building abroad. James A. Garfield rose…
