Grover Cleveland's Rubber Jaw: And Other Unusual, Unexpected, Unbelievable but All-True Facts About America's Presidents

by Stephen Spignesi

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From George Washington to Barack Obama, this collection of weird and wild—but true!—facts will show you a whole other side of our nation’s leaders:


   • Andrew Jackson was married to a bigamist.
   • Martin Van Buren wore pistols in the Senate chamber in case things got too rowdy.
   • Franklin Pierce ran over a woman with his horse while in office and was arrested, but was released when the police realized he was the president.
   • James Garfield could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other.
   • Dwight D. Eisenhower’s nickname for his staff driver was “Private Parts.”
   • Barack Obama can bench press 200 pounds.

 

  • ISBN10 0399537430
  • ISBN13 9780399537431
  • Publish Date 1 May 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint TarcherPerigee