Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
From George Washington through Bill Clinton, and the forty other presidents, this exhaustive history of our highest office, the men who have held it, and their respective administrations will be a valuable reference work and an entertaining read. Based on the landmark two-volume set, The American Heritage Pictorial History of the Presidents of the United States (1968), this revised edition of that classic will include biographies of each president, updated with the latest scholarship, and with new entries for Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Additional articles include biographies on influential First Ladies, Vice-Presidents, and cabinet members. Additional features include entries on such figures as Stephen Douglas and Jefferson Davis (in the Lincoln chapter). The reference information will include lists of Supreme Court appointments made by each president, the composition of each new Congressional session, and chronologies of each president's life.