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First Fathers: The Men Who Inspired Our Presidents
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First Fathers: The Men Who Inspired Our Presidents
Current price: $34.95
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First Fathers: The Men Who Inspired Our Presidents
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A compelling introduction to the fathers of America's presidents
After so much literature about first ladies and first families, here finally is a fascinating book focused on the fathers of our presidents. This lively and entertaining account of 44 disparate men reveals how they inspired, motivated, and influenced sons who ultimately ascended to the presidency. They include two who were themselves presidents, John Adams and George H. W. Bush, as well as two stepfathers, those of Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton. First Fathers captures the whole range of the American experiencefrom utter destitution to immense wealth, from enormous success to abject failure, unified by a common threadthe restless, ambitious, quintessentially American pursuit of happiness.
Harold I. Gullan, PhD (Philadelphia, PA), is a distinguished presidential scholar and the author of the highly praised Faith of Our Mothers, on the mothers of American presidents, and The Upset That Wasn't, on the dramatic 1948 election.