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They Never Said It
A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions
Av Paul F. Boller, John George
Häftad, 1990
384 kr
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An entertaining and yet thought-provoking book that sifts through hundreds of misquotations, incorrect attributions, and blatant fabrications to reveal the origins of the quotes and why they should be confined to the 'They Never Said It' file.Boller and George's ultimate 'debunking' reference work …
Congressional Anecdotes
Häftad, 1992
267 kr
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You can count on Congress to provide a good laugh. Take, for instance, the Senator who talked about the war in "Indigo China," or the Representative who asked why the Israelis and Arabs couldn't settle their differences "like good Christians." But the U.S. Congress has always been much more than a …
Presidential Anecdotes
Häftad, 1996
279 kr
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Dramatic, poignant, hilarious, and sentimental: anecdotes about US presidents are as varied as the presidents themselves, and people have enjoyed hearing them since the early days of the American Republic.This new and revised edition of Presidential Anecdotes recounts some of the most striking …
Not So!
Popular Myths About America From Columbus to Clinton
Häftad, 2016
284 kr
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In sailing westward in 1492, did Columbus defy the prevailing belief that the Earth was flat? Was Thomas Paine an atheist? Was Truman plucked from obscurity to be FDR's running mate in 1944? Are presidential campaigns nowadays far dirtier than they were in the past? Is Hillary Clinton the most …
Presidential Wives
An Anecdotal History
Häftad, 2000
341 kr
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In Presidential Wives, Paul Boller brings his gift for telling detail to bear on the women our Presidents married, and the result is a biographical feat--at once funny and poignant, dramatic and illuminating, covering every First Lady from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Boller devotes …
Presidential Campaigns
From George Washington to George W. Bush
Häftad, 2004
311 kr
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Were presidential campaigns always as bitter as they have been in recent years? Or is the current style of campaigning a new political development? In this revised and updated edition of Presidential Campaigns the answers to these questions are clear: the race for the presidency, although at times …
American Thought in Transition
The Impact of Evolutionary Naturalism, 1865-1900
Häftad, 1981
542 kr
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Originally published by Rand McNally & Company in 1969, this volume provides a discussion of the Gilded Age, the decades between the end of the Civil War and the closing of the Spanish-American War. Many aspects of this period are examined, including the transition from a rural-agrarian federation …
Essays on the Presidents
Principles, Policies, and Peccadillos
Inbunden, 2012
410 kr
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Since he first began writing in the 1950s, Dr. Paul F. Boller Jr. has had a passion for sharing the humorous, intriguing, and little-known or widely misunderstood aspects of the American presidency. Boller has authored many beloved books on American presidents, the first ladies, presidential …
