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Title: Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents by Cormac O'Brien, Monika Suteski ISBN: 1-931686-57-2 Publisher: Quirk Books Pub. Date: February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Captivating, Fun Facts
Comment: Who knew presidential history could be so entertaining? I actually laughed out loud while reading this book. What a great way to learn about the real people behind America's most powerful office. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in U.S. history, political scandal, or just plain fun!
Rating: 4
Summary: Quick and dirty
Comment: This is a witty review of the so-called secret history of the men who have been President of the United States from Washington to the present holder of that office. Each president is covered and disrespected equally. However, as the author approaches the present, rather than maintaining a high level of vocabulary he resorts in a few places to scatological language that has no place in this kind of book.
The author also exposes his biases in discussing various leaders. For example, FDR is portrayed as having solved the problems of the Great Depression, except that later the coming of war is said to have put America to work. Which was it? This is no small problem because books have been written on both sides of this issue. In short, this is not a scholarly book.
This book is a quick read. I did it in a few hours. Unfortunately, the word secret in the title might tell some people that they will learn something really hidden about the presidents. Most of these stories are not new and have been discussed before. This is a quick and dirty book that was put together in a hurry from other surveys of the lives of the presidents.
The partisanship really breaks forth in discussing the present holder of the office of President. For example, he is called a political lightweight whose opponent in the 2000 election, Al Gore, was "light years ahead of him intellectually". Light years? Really? Are we talking about the same Al Gore who could not identify a bust of Washington or Franklin on a visit to Monticello? This is just one in a long list of events that, despite Al Gore's aura of intelligence, raise serious questions about how smart he really really is. Even President Clinton has been quoted wondering how someone who had been in politics as long as Gore could be so dim about some things. It would have been fairer to say that in the year 2000 the voters were given a choice between two Ivy League-educated dummies which was why the election was so close.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hiliarious, even History Majors like it!
Comment: I couldn't stop laughing! This was an awesome book with many true stories in it, presented with humorous illustrations into one great book. It is a quick read, you'll be through it in a hour or two at the most, but it's worth it! If anyone wants to start a collection to get Gerald Ford some Gas-Ex I'll help! LOL. : )
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Title: What Were They Thinking?: Really Bad Ideas Throughout History by Bruce Felton ISBN: 0762726679 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die? Fitting Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthy by Tod Benoit ISBN: 1579122876 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Daily Disaster by Cormac O'Brien, Cormac O' Brien ISBN: 0439384737 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: The Greatest Stories Never Told : 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy by Rick Beyer ISBN: 0060014016 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Inside the White House by Ronald Kessler ISBN: 0671879197 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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