The American President: A Complete History

The American President: A Complete History
ISBN-10
1454930780
ISBN-13
9781454930785
Series
The American President
Category
Presidents
Pages
720
Language
English
Published
2018-09-04
Publisher
Sterling
Author
Kathryn Moore

Description

In The American President: A Complete History, historian Kathryn Moore presents a riveting narrative of each president's experiences in and out of office, along with illuminating facts and statistics about each administration, timelines of national and world events, astonishing trivia, and more. Together, these details create a complex and nuanced portrait of the American presidency, from the nation's infancy to today.

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