Provides a basic biography of U.S. president Joe Biden, offering simple text describing his childhood, education, and political career. Includes color photographs, a glossary, a timeline, and further resources.
Examines the life of Franklin Pierce, the New England politician elected as the fourteenth president of the United States, arguing that in his zeal to unify the Democratic Party, he took actions that hastened the onset of the Civil War.
The author presents a political biography on the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant and his attempts to reunite the Union after a bitter war and near impeachment of his predecessor and maintains that history has unjustly portrayed Grant's term in office as ineffective and corrupt.
A biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his actions as president of the United States and how they conform to his description of his election to the presidency as a second American Revolution.
Chronicles John Adams' presidential term, exploring how his contributions helped shape the nation, and discussing why he was ill-prepared for politics.
A biography of James A. Garfield, his rise from humble beginnings to become the twentieth President of the United States, only to be assassinated four months later; and describes how his death could have been avoided by more competent medical care.
An exploration of the presidency of Harry S. Truman that discusses the state of the nation when he was sworn into office after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the many ways he changed and helped the country.
Chronicles the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower and examines his presidency, describing it as one of "missed opportunities" and discussing such topics as school desegregation, McCarthyism, and work on a nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviet Union.
