Encyclopedia of Presidents
15 total works
Examines the personality, early life, family, and career of the twenty-sixth president of the United States.
Chronicles the life and tragic death of the man who championed foreign relations, civil rights, and space exploration as the thirty-fifth president of the United States.
A biography of the former motion picture actor who served two terms as the forthieth president of the United States.
A biography emphasizing the political career of the forty-first president.
Traces the life of the Virginia surveyor, soldier, and plantation owner who became the first president of the United States.
Describes the early life, education, and political career of the president who earned the nickname "Silent Cal."
Follows the life of the minister's son who rose from being an honest city lawyer to serve two terms as American president.
A biography of the Arkansas governor who became the forty-second president of the United States.
Presents the early life, military career, and political life of the president who was assassinated in 1901 during his second term in office.
Examines the life and career of the Civil War general and Ohio politician who became the nineteenth president of the United States.
A biography of the sixth president, who continued the family dedication to public service begun by his father, the second president of the United States.
Follows the military and political career of the general who became the "Hero of Appomattox" and the eighteenth president of the United States.
Follows the life and career of the statesman who became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
A look at the life and career of the president in a young nation. A biography of "Old Rough and Ready," hero of the Mexican War, who became the twelfth president of the United States. Opening with an interest-grabbing introduction, each biography brings out the character of the man -- his early life and its influence on his political aspirations, his election, important events (both good and bad) that occurred during his presidency, and life after his term in office (if applicable).