Encyclopedia of presidents

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James Madison

America's 4th President
2003
Recounts the story of America's fourth president, known as the Father of the Constitution, describing his early life in Virginia and his many years of service in public office.

James K. Polk

America's 11th president
2004
A biography of the eleventh president of the United States, with information on his childhood, family, political career, presidency, and legacy.

James Buchanan

America's 15th president
2004
A biography of the fifteenth president of the United States, with information about his childhood, family, political career, presidency, and legacy.

James A. Garfield

America's 20th president
2004
A biography of the twentieth president of the United States, with information about his childhood, family, political career, presidency, and legacy.

Herbert Hoover

America's 31st president
2004
Presents a biography of thirty-first president of the United States Herbert Hoover and discusses his personal and professional life and career, his work with international relief programs during World War One, and his failed attempts to reverse the effects of the Great Depression in 1929 which ultimately cost him the election of 1932.

Harry S. Truman

America's 33rd president
2005
Chronicles Harry Truman's life and presidency, describing his youth in Missouri, his marriage to Bess, the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, and his final years.

Grover Cleveland

America's 22nd and 24th president
2004
Presents a biography of the twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, the only person to be elected twice non-consecutively to the office and follows his personal and political life, his policies, and his administration.

Gerald R. Ford

America's 38th president
2005
Chronicles Gerald Ford's life and presidency, describing his youth in Michigan, his marriage to Betty, his domestic and foreign policies, and his activities after leaving the White House.

George Washington

America's 1st President
2003
Traces the life of the Virginia surveyor, soldier, and plantation owner who became the first president of the United States.

George W. Bush

America's 43rd president
2005
Chronicles George W. Bush's life and presidency, discussing his youth in Texas and his years as governor there, his marriage to Laura, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and the Iraq War.

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