First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power

by Kate Andersen Brower

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From the author of the New York Times bestsellers First Women and The Residence, an intimate, news-making look at the men who are next in line to the most powerful office in the world-the vice presidents of the modern era-from Richard Nixon to Joe Biden to Mike Pence.

Vice presidents occupy a unique and important position, living partway in the spotlight and part in the wings. Of the forty-eight vice presidents who have served the United States, fourteen have become president; eight of these have risen to the Oval Office because of a president's death or assassination, and one became...

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  • ISBN10 1643580493
  • ISBN13 9781643580494
  • Publish Date 1 January 2019 (first published 5 June 2018)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Center Point
  • Edition Large type / large print edition
  • Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
  • Pages 500
  • Language English