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Cover: Theodore Roosevelt: Our Twenty-sixth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Theodore Roosevelt’s life, his early years in New York and his rise to political life, and important aspects of his presidency, including his role in securing national parks and his… View →

 
Cover: Andrew Jackson: Our Seventh President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Andrew Jackson, his early years in South Carolina and his involvement in the Revolutionary War as a young boy, life on Tennessee on the frontier, and his role in the Battle of New Orleans. All… View →

 
Cover: Herbert Hoover: Our Thirty-first President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Herbert Hoover’s life, including his early years in Iowa and Oregon, his rise to political life and important aspects of his presidency. A variety of photographs show his family, his work in… View →

 
Cover: Andrew Johnson: Our Seventeenth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Andrew Johnson’s life, early years in the Carolinas and Tennessee, a list of his some dozen elected offices, his longtime work on behalf of the poor, and his tough stand in the Civil War as… View →

 
Cover: Ronald Reagan: Our Fortieth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series details Ronald Reagan’s early years in Illinois and California, rise to political life and the accomplishments of his presidency, including an abiding interest in anti-Communism and economics. A variety of… View →

 
Cover: Gerald R. Ford: Our Thirty-eighth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series details the early years in Nebraska and Michigan, the rise of Gerald Ford to political life and the accomplishments of his presidency, assumed after Richard Nixon left office. A variety of photographs reveal the early… View →

 
Cover: Calvin Coolidge: Our Thirtieth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Calvin Coolidge’s life, including his early years in Vermont and later Massachusetts, his rise to political life and important aspects of his presidency, including his reaction to the Teapot… View →

 
Cover: William McKinley: Our Twenty-fifth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of William McKinley’s life, early years in Ohio, character-forming military activity in the Civil War, tragic family life, political life, and important aspects of his presidency, including his… View →

 
Cover: Benjamin Harrison: Our Twenty-third President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Benjamin Harrison’s, early years in Ohio, and later in Indianapolis, his compassion and bravery as a Union soldier in the Civil War, family life, rise to political life through the Senate,… View →

 
Cover: Grover Cleveland: Our Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Grover Cleveland’s life, early years in New Jersey and New York, his rise to the governorship of New York, and his leading of the Mugwump Party. The text also covers Cleveland’s efforts View →

 
Cover: Ulysses S. Grant: Our Eighteenth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Ulysses S. Grant’s life, early years in many locations and his role in the Civil War. A variety of photographs show his family, his wife and children, Grant’s relationship with Lincoln, View →

 
Cover: James Buchanan: Our Fifteenth President

A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002

This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of James Buchanan’s life, early years in Pennsylvania, an ill-fated romance which left him a lifelong bachelor, and his steady rise to political power under many presidents before becoming one… View →