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The Presidents Fact Book: The Achievements, Campaigns, Events, Triumphs, Tragedies and Legacies of Every President from George Washington to Barack Obama
Completely updated with all the presidents, including Barack Obama, "The Presidents Fact Book" is a definitive guide to the political and personal lives of every U.S. president. Fully illustrated with 1,000 compelling photographs and illustrations, the book also features selections of the most significant primary documents of each administration, as well as thousands of little-known presidential facts, making it the ideal resource whether for comprehensive research or compulsive browsing.
808 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2004
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February 13, 2017
I have received this book from Goodreads First Reads in exchange for an honest review...
This heavy-duty book is jammed pack with a lot of important facts about each and every president, down to our current. Lots of pictures, all in black-and-white, and a lot of crucial information that is important for everyone to read up on and education themselves over. Well put-together, well-organized, and decently solid.
This heavy-duty book is jammed pack with a lot of important facts about each and every president, down to our current. Lots of pictures, all in black-and-white, and a lot of crucial information that is important for everyone to read up on and education themselves over. Well put-together, well-organized, and decently solid.
April 5, 2023
While this was a fact book, it wasn't a very interesting or surprising book. If you've read any books about presidents, this doesn't offer much in the way of new or fun stories. I was bored to tears with the speeches and constant repetition. While I understand the lives of these men overlap, I couldn't understand why some pieces were repeated 3 times or more. Pick a president and find a specific book on that one. The First Ladies Fact Book was much more interesting and informative.
August 18, 2019
Not much new information really, but well laid out and all in one location
March 10, 2023
I actually read the version before this one. Mine ended with Obama. I loved this book. It had so much information on the presidents but wasn't too much detail like you get in the biography of the individual president. I didn't read the speeches but liked how they included them and also quick bios on other important people during that period.
February 7, 2020
Lots of misprints
January 19, 2008
I'm still reading this book. It has a summary of each president's life and term in office, as well as a summary of his wife's life, short biographies about important people during the time period, facts, and speeches. While it's interesting, I've also found several copy-editing errors, which makes me doubt the validity of some of this book.
June 10, 2013
The book reads like a textbook - basically it is a history of each president of the US (the "fact book" title is a bit misleading). That being said, this book is full of photos, speeches, and blurbs, and is a wonderful reference to have for the novice historian.
February 22, 2016
Good reference guide to the Presidents with plenty of facts and trivia. I've seen better guides, but this one has some letters and speeches written by first ladies and the presidents that are good to read.
September 13, 2016
I loved this book as it gave short biographies of every president and first lady, and other famous individuals. It was a great way of exploring US history. I was disappointed at the amount of typos, however - it is in need of a good editing!!
January 3, 2011
got through some of it and enjoyed it. didn't finish it yet but i think i want to come back to it. there are interesting stories about each president and then their wife and family.
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