An introduction to the presidents of the United States describes each president's childhood, career, achievements while in office, and life after the White House.

"Comprehensive single-volume sourcebook ... [presents] a factual ook at all our chief executives, from Washington to Obama -- their lives, their loves, their administration, their friends, their foes, their sucesses, and their failures." -- Cover, p.4.

Offers information about America's most influential political office and details on the men who have filled it.

Completed a short time before his death in 1885, the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is recognized today as one of the most significant American military memoirs of all time. In an honest and intelligent voice, the celebrated Civil War general and former President offers a detailed and intimate telling of the events of the Mexican-American war, and the American Civil War and his role within it as a Union General. At the time of its publication,...

Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, with good reason: His life was a great American drama-one of the greatest-played out in compelling acts. He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation's physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But Twilight at Monticello is something entirely new: an unprecedented and engrossing personal look at the intimate Jefferson in his final years that will change the...

The story of a president who overcame both his personal challenges and the ones facing the nation.

Uses a question and answer format to present interesting facts about the U.S. presidents.

"The story of Trump's ... last months at the helm of the country, based on [the author's] ... access to White House aides and to the former president himself, yielding a wealth of new information and insights about what really happened inside the highest office in the land, and the world"-- Wolff embedded himself in the White House in 2017 and his top-level access gave us a vivid picture of the chaos that had descended on Washington. In 2021 he found...

Presents the life and accomplishments of the fortieth president of the United States, from his early movie career, to his time as governor of California, to his two terms as president.