politics and government

A biography of the fourth First Lady, who had tremendous influence on the social and political life of early America.

Discusses alcohol consumption in colonial America, the temperance movements of the nineteenth century, and the impact that the prohibition of alcohol had on the nation.

Photographs and text present a biography of the United States President known as a statesman, conservationist, naturalist, patriot, and historian.

A biography of the twenty-sixth President of the United States.

Surveys the political career and private life of the only president ever to be impeached.

Describes the vibrant and witty thirty-fifth president of the United States.

Describes the Hitler Youth, the state-sponsored youth organization founded by the Nazi regime to train boys and girls ten and older to serve Hitler's government with unquestioning devotion.

Based on first-person accounts, and illustrated with photographs and drawings, this book portrays a period of brutal repression--and surprising progress--as former enemies struggled to remake a society.

Examines the childhood, education, war years, political career, and personal life of the British statesman, soldier, and historian.

A biography of our first President, from his growing-up years in Virginia to his death at Mount Vernon.