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Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the Men of the White House
Cormac O'Brien
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Paperpack, 279 pages; 2004
$16.95
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At Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration, then vice-president—and future president—Andrew Johnson had to be led off the stage because he was too inebriated to deliver a coherent speech. William Taft was notorious for dozing off during important engagements. A serious gambler, Warren G. Harding once bet a set of White House china in a poker game—and lost. Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents offers an entry for each president, featuring a brief synopsis of his political career, followed by lesserknown— and more entertaining—details of his life. This highly amusing romp through American history makes a timely election-year gift.
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