The American Presidents (Paperback)

by Editors of Readers Digest (Author)

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Product Description
Concise but thorough profiles of the forty-one presidents of the United States furnish a detailed portrait of each man, an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses, personal anecdotes, and important facts about their terms of office. Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 602 pages
• Publisher: Readers Digest; 8 Sub edition (March 19, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895778637
• ISBN-13: 978-0895778635
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,737,509 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference book of American Presidents, December 29, 1999

By	Mr. Raphael Chalvarian (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The American Presidents (Hardcover)

Clear, compact and concise reference book of all the American Presidents. The main section of this book devotes a few pages on each President (from the 1st to the 42nd) with historical facts, dates and places. A small section at the back, lists such things as key facts about each President and Vice-President, the First Ladies and all Presidential Elections; also for anyone interested in the making of the Presidency or intend visiting presidential historic sites. A must on any book shelf for those interested in American Presidential history.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A well introduction of US president, September 19, 1999

By	[e-mail] "j700426" (Seoul, Korea) - See all my reviews

For those who would like to know about US president for the first time, or for just support your knowledge, this book is excellent enough to fulfill your needs. A must buy for junior high students.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A VERY HANDY AND INTERESTING BOOK TO HAVE AROUND, June 22, 2007

By	D. Blankenship (The Ozarks) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The American presidents

This is one of those volumes you might want to add to your collection in that is is quite informative and quite concise. It covers the American Presidents from Washington through Clinton. Each section is devoted to one president. Each section leads with a selection of information such as birthdays, former employment or profession, their political careers, date of death and years served as President. Each then is given a short biography, well written, I might add, and summation of their administration. There are photographs throughout the book of each of these men. The first ladies are addressed and little interesting facts thrown in here and there. Each of these short chapters is not, of course, ment to be the beginning and end of all presidential biographies, they only present brief facts. These facts are given is such a way though, that you actually learn something. I like biographies. By having a brief sketch like this book offers, I am more able to make up my mind which full lenght biographies might interest me and which I might not like as well. As an example, I could care less about reading a biography of James Buchanan, but do like to know a bit about him. This book offers as much as I really wish to know. David Whitney had given us a very nice bit of helpful work here. Recommend this one highly.