The Big Book of Presidents: From George Washington to Barack Obama
by Nancy J. Hajeski Author
The president has been the figurehead of the United States since the time when our country was a small band of thirteen fledgling colonies until its current position as a world superpower. The forty-four leaders of our nation have had fascinating, exciting, and sometimes scandalous lives. The Big Book of Presidents illustrates each president’s journey to the White House through facts, anecdotes, illustrations, photographs, inspirational quotes, and more! Find out which president had a faithful dog named Fala, who was the only unmarried president, and which president’s daughter carried around her pet snake in the White House in this fun and fascinating overview of our country’s leaders. Bestselling author Nancy J. Hajeski not only provides engaging information about each president, but also includes timelines of US and world events that place each president’s term in office in a historical context. She also provides useful facts about the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, presidential assassinations, the first ladies, the vice presidents, and more to help broaden kids’ understanding of our government and the president’s role within in. With updated information on President Barack Obama, this is the perfect introduction to the lives and characters of the US presidents.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-1629146447
- Print Status
- In Print
- President/Topics
- 61
- Pages
- 144
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Publisher
- Sky Pony
- Copyright
- 2015
- URL
- https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Presidents-Geor...
President/Topics
- 1 Intro: The American President p.6
- 2 The Founding Presidents p.8
- 3 George Washington p.10
- 4 John Adams p.14
- 5 The White House Story p.16
- 6 Thomas Jefferson p.18
- 7 James Madison p.22
- 8 Presidents of an Expanding Nation p.24
- 9 James Monroe p.26
- 10 John Quincy Adams p.28
- 11 Presidential Families p.30
- 12 Andrew Jackson p.32
- 13 Martin Van Buren p.34
- 14 William Henry Harrison p.36
- 15 Presidents of a Nation in Conflict p.38
- 16 John Tyler p.40
- 17 James K. Polk p.42
- 18 Zachary Taylor p.44
- 19 The Houses of Congress p.46
- 20 Millard Fillmore p.48
- 21 Franklin Pierce p.50
- 22 James Buchanan p.52
- 23 Abraham Lincoln p.54
- 24 Assassinations p.58
- 25 Andrew Johnson p.60
- 26 Presidents of the Gilded Age p.62
- 27 Ulysses S. Grant p.64
- 28 Rutherford B. Hayes p.66
- 29 James A. Garfield p.68
- 30 The Vice President p.70
- 31 Chester A. Arthur p.72
- 32 Grover Cleveland p.74
- 33 Benjamin Harrison p.76
- 34 The Cabinet p.78
- 35 William McKinley p.80
- 36 Presidents of an Emerging Power p.82
- 37 Theodore Roosevelt p.84
- 38 William Howard Taft p.88
- 39 The Supreme Court p.90
- 40 Woodrow Wilson p.92
- 41 Warren G. Harding p.94
- 42 Calvin Coolidge p.96
- 43 Herbert C. Hoover p.98
- 44 Franklin D. Roosevelt p.100
- 45 Cold War Presidents p.104
- 46 Harry S. Truman p.106
- 47 Dwight D. Eisenhower p.108
- 48 John F. Kennedy p.110
- 49 Lyndon B. Johnson p.114
- 50 The First Lady p.116
- 51 Richard M. Nixon p.118
- 52 Gerald R. Ford p.120
- 53 Jimmy Carter p.122
- 54 Presidents in a Global Economy p.124
- 55 Ronald Reagan p.126
- 56 George H.W. Bush p.128
- 57 William J. Clinton p.130
- 58 George W. Bush p.132
- 59 The Election Process p.134
- 60 Barack Obama p.136
- 61 (Donald Trump - not covered in book)
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