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Introduction 11
Chapter 1 Presidential Potpourri
The One and Only 15
Famous Firsts 18
Assassinations, and Some Attempts at It 22
Naming the Presidents 25
Nicknaming the Presidents 29
Mr. President, Mr. Author Holidays, Holy Days, and Other Special Days 38
Famous Firsts (Part 2) 40
The One and Only (Part 2) 44
Chapter 2 Mixing and Mingling
Pre- and Extramarital Flings 49
Joining the Club 53
Hobnobbing with the Famous 55
Chapter 3 Quote, Unquote
Presidents on Presidents 61
Some Memorable Phrases 65
Presidents on the Presidency 68
Those Catty Critics 71
Presidents on Themselves 76
What the Foreigners Said 80
Praising the Presidents, Sometimes Sincerely 83
Death Sentences: Their Last Words 87
The Presidential Wit 90
Four Quotes on War 94
Their Occasional Eloquence 95
Inaugural Moments 100
Some Memorables Phrases (Part 2) 104
Presidents on Presidents (Part 2) 107
Presidents on the Presidency (Part 2) 111
Chapter 4 Family Ties
Even Presidents Had Parents 115
My Mom and Dad Were 120
Getting Born: Log Cabins, and All That 124
The Birth Order Questions 127
Brothers and Sisters 128
Presidential Progeny 130
Who Was My Dad? 134
Presidential Progeny (Part 2) 137
Chapter 5 Before They Were Presidents
So Many Lawyers 141
"No Experience Needed": The Unpolitical Presidents 144
Soldiers into Politicians 145
Men of the House 149
States' Men: Governors into Presidents 152
From Mr. Secretary to Mr. Prez 155
Senators Who Got Promoted 157
It's a Living 159
Whose Colorful Career Was This? 161
At Loose and Abroad: Foreign Service 165
While They Were Vice Presidents 167
Educating the Presidents 169
What School Graduated Us? 173
Educating the Presidents (Part 2) 174
Chapter 6 The Man in Private
Booze and Tobacco-Pleasure and Pain 179
The Presidential Look 182
Things of the Spirit 187
Medical Matters 191
Food Fixations 195
Hobbies, Pastimes, and R and R 196
Jock Presidents 200
Things of the Spirit (Part 2) 203
Chapter 7 Campaigns, Victories, Defeats, Etc.
Slogans and Slurs: Campaigning, in Brief 209
They're Playin' My Song 214
The Men I Beat 216
The Men Who Beat Me 219
"I Want a Rematch!": Those Who Both Won and Lost 220
Chapter 8 Cabinet, Congress, Court
Presidential Furniture: The Cabinet 225
The Men and Women in My Cabinet 229
Adding Furniture: New Cabinet Positions 232
Presidential Furniture: The Cabinet (Part 2) 234
The Quarrelsome (and Sometimes Cooperative) Congress 239
The Prez and the Court 245
Chapter 9 The Political Life
Who Were My Vice Presidents? 251
Meeting the Press 254
Making Amendments 260
Money Matters 262
Taxation Good and Bad (Mostly Bad) 265
Pardon Me: The Sometimes Merciful Presidents 266
Westward Ho!: Getting More Land 268
Adding More States 271
Chapter 10 Events, Earth-shaking and Trivial
Key Events, For Better or Worse 275
U.S. Events: Who Was President When 278
World Events: Who Was President When 281
Foreign Affairs, Mostly Biggies 284
Bits and Pieces, Connected with 286
Key Events. For Better or Worse (Part 2) 290
Chapter 11 The First Ladies
First Encounters 293
Courtship, Wooing, and So Forth 296
My Maiden Name Was 300
Weddings and Honeymoons, Grand and Modest 304
Married When and Where 308
The Grand Role, White House Hostess 311
First Ladies as Authors (and Subjects) of Books 316
Married Life: Heaven and … Purgatory 318
Pet Causes, Projects, Etc. 324
Chapter 12 Domestic Tranquility: Home Life
Where We Lived: Presidential Homes 329
The White House: Beautifying, Renovating, Etc 334
Barks, Purrs, and Such: Presidential Pets and Other Critters 340
"I'm Outta Here": Post-Presidential Life 342
Chapter 13 Remembering the Presidents
Monuments, Memorials, and So Forth 347
Real to Reel: Presidents on Film and Video 351
Named in Honor of 354
Grave Matters 358
Monuments, Memorials, and So Forth (Part 2) 362
Such Intriguing Titles for Books 365
Named in Honor of … (Part 2) 368
Chapter 14 Twenty Questions (About Each Man)
George Washington 371
John Adams 373
Thomas Jefferson 375
James Madison 378
James Monroe 380
John Quincy Adams 382
Andrew Jackson 384
Martin Van Buren 386
William Henry Harrison 388
John Tyler 391
James K. Polk 393
Zachary Taylor 395
Millard Fillmore 398
Franklin Pierce 400
James Buchanan 402
Abraham Lincoln 404
Andrew Johnson 406
Ulysses S. Grant 409
Rutherford B. Hayes 410
James A. Garfield 413
Chester A. Arthur 415
Grover Cleveland 416
Benjamin Harrison 419
William McKinley 421
Theodore Roosevelt 423
William Howard Taft 425
Woodrow Wilson 428
Warren Harding 430
Calvin Coolidge 432
Herbert Hoover 434
Franklin D. Roosevelt 436
Harry S. Truman 438
Dwight Eisenhower 440
John F. Kennedy 442
Lyndon Johnson 444
Richard Nixon 446
Gerald Ford 448
Jimmy Carter 450
Ronald Reagan 452
George H. W. Bush 454
Bill Clinton 456
George W. Bush 458
Barack Obama 461
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