Essays on the presidents : principles and politics / Paul F. Boller Jr.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boller, Paul F.
Language:English
Published: Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Presidents > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
Physical Description:xiii, 245 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The first American presidency, 1789-1829
  • The log cabin myth about American presidents
  • Pennsylvania: the avenue of the presidents
  • The story of presidential campaigns: from electioneering to stump-speaking
  • No need to salute the troops, Sir
  • To bigotry no sanction
  • The campaign of 1852: a civilian beats a general
  • Professional soldiers in the White House
  • Religion in American presidential campaigns
  • George Washington and civil supremacy
  • George and the Quakers
  • John Adams's marginal comments
  • Jefferson's dreams for the future
  • Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine: aristocrat and democrat
  • The Madisons: James and Dolley
  • The gifted Abraham Lincoln
  • Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression
  • F.D.R. and the New Deal
  • Truman in the White House
  • The Eisenhower diaries
  • The diversions of Lyndon Johnson
  • Bush-speak
  • Presidential wives: the quest for identity
  • They really said it: quotes from the presidents and their wives.