Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents
Books | Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
3.8
Cormac O'Brien
See American presidents in a whole new light with this compendium of hilariously quirky presidential trivia—now with a chapter on Donald J. Trump! Murder, gambling, adultery, UFOs . . . and The White House?!This updated and redesigned edition of Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of our commanders in chief—complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that:• Teddy Roosevelt was blinded in a White House boxing match• John Quincy Adams loved to skinny-dip in the Potomac River• Gerald Ford once worked as a Cosmopolitan magazine cover model• Warren G. Harding gambled with White House china when he ran low on cash• Jimmy Carter reported a UFO sighting in GeorgiaWith chapters on everyone from George Washington to Donald Trump, Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: Which president claimed that God struck down Abraham Lincoln on purpose? How many of these folks were cheating on their spouses? And are there really secret tunnels underneath the White House? American history was never this much fun in school!
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Author
Cormac O'Brien
Pages
320
Publisher
Quirk Books
Published Date
2010-08-01
ISBN
1594744793 9781594744792
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"At first glance, this seems to be a somewhat crass look at the presidents, one that's content to dig up dirt on all of them and isn't concerned about any actual history. In point of fact, while it's written with a certain amount of irreverence, there are actual bits of history here, and while it's entirely too short to give anymore than a brief overview of each chief executive, it is a nice little primer on the presidents."