vice-presidents

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The prince of Tennessee

Al Gore meets his fate
2001
Explores the forces that have shaped Al Gore's life and discusses how studying his past can reveal the type of president he would be.

America's vice-presidents

our first forty-three vice-presidents and how they got to be number two
1984
Presents biographies of American vicepresidents from John Adams to George Bush.

Looking forward

1987
George Bush shares his life story as well as his personal philosophy, goals, and hopes for the future.

The Aaron Burr treason trial

a headline court case
2003
Discusses the treason trial of Aaron Burr, who had served as vice-president under Jefferson and stood accused of trying to start a war between the United States and Spain for his own enrichment.

Vice presidents

a biographical dictionary
2001
Provides illustrated political biographies of each of the United States's forty-six vice presidents, organized chronologically from John Adams to Dick Cheney, and includes a detailed chronology of the political history of the office.

Presidential also-rans and running mates, 1788 through 1996

1998
Provides detailed biographies of all major party and significant third-party nominees for the U.S. presidency and vice-presidency who were never elected; arranged chronologically from 1788/89 through 1996, with photographs or portraits of each featured candidate.

Bland ambition

from Adams to Quayle-- the cranks, criminals, tax cheats, and golfers who made it to vice president
1992

The life of Nelson A. Rockefeller

worlds to conquer, 1908-1958
1996
Biography of the former vice-president and New York governor focusing on his early life, education, rise at the Rockefeller Center and Museum of Modern Art, and work with the United Nations.

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