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Available
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920 Bol
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Publication
Oxford University Press (1981), 410 pages
Description
From George Washington to Bill Clinton, a collection of delightful anecdotes
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Original publication date
1981
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LibraryThing member bexaplex
Fun breeze through the presidents via little stories and quotations. Boller includes a short biography and some background information for each president, and then delves into stories like George and the cherry tree, Silent Cal's legendarily abundant sleep and Truman's colorful language. Where the
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anecdotes can be proved apocryphal or probably are, Boller notes the veracity and then tells the story anyway. It's a skewed but probably familiar view of history: personal stories about men who have headed (and sometimes led) the executive. Show Less
LibraryThing member AlexTheHunn
A breezy, and interesting collection of information about the presidents. The contents match the title exactly, no surprises here. This makes fun light reading as one can stop and start whereever one wants. The book is disappointing in that these anecdotes, while quite interesting, are rendered
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useless for citation since the author did not document his sources. Show Less
LibraryThing member ServusLibri
In fairness I must expand ExlethgeHuns review. I completely agree with him, but those editions marked 'revised edtion' on the cover after 1996, now include a bibliographic index.
LibraryThing member Halieus
Interesting, short anecdotes written in an engaging manner.
Great for speaking, teaching, and preaching illustrations, waiting room reading, as well as light, "traveling reading" -- my copy is in the van.
Great for speaking, teaching, and preaching illustrations, waiting room reading, as well as light, "traveling reading" -- my copy is in the van.
Pages
410