Presidential Anecdotes

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Paperback
1996
$18.45

Dramatic, poignant, hilarious, and sentimental: anecdotes about US presidents are as varied as the presidents themselves, and people have enjoyed hearing them since the early days of the American Republic. This new and revised edition of Presidential Anecdotes recounts some of the most striking stories about America's forty-two Chief Executives, from Washington to Clinton.

Synopsis

Dramatic, poignant, hilarious, and sentimental: anecdotes about US presidents are as varied as the presidents themselves, and people have enjoyed hearing them since the early days of the American Republic. This new and revised edition of Presidential Anecdotes recounts some of the most striking stories about America's forty-two Chief Executives, from Washington to Clinton.

$18.45

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 468
Edition: Revised
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Published: 25 Apr 1996
ISBN 10: 0195097319
ISBN 13: 9780195097313

Media Reviews

[A] stylish smorgasbord of anecdotes. * Newsweek *
The material Boller has culled is fascinating even when the Presidents are not. * Time *

Author Bio

Paul Boller is Professor of History Emeritus at Texas Christian University. He is the author of many popular books on American History, including the best-selling Congressional Anecdotes and Not So! Popular Myths about America from Columbus to Clinton.