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America's Royalty : All the Presidents' Children by Sandra Quinn-Musgrove and Sanford Kanter (1995, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100313295352

ISBN-139780313295355

eBay Product ID (ePID)143854

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAmerica's Royalty : All the Presidents' Children

Publication Year1995

SubjectAmericas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / General, Historical

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorSandra Quinn-Musgrove, Sanford Kanter

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight22.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN95-007545

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"This represents a step forward in the knowledge about the offspring of the United States' presidents and helps to illustrate the fact that with the exception of James Buchanan(the only presidents to never marry), the election of a new president represents not only an individual ascending to office but also a family beginning a new life. ... This book is well written and informative, and is unique in that it describes in-depth the lives of the president's children. Itis recommended for all libraries."- ARBA, "This represents a step forward in the knowledge about the offspring of the United States' presidents and helps to illustrate the fact that with the exception of James Buchanan(the only presidents to never marry), the election of a new president represents not only an individual ascending to office but also a family beginning a new life. ... This book is well written and informative, and is unique in that it describes in-depth the lives of the president's children. Itis recommended for all libraries." ARBA

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal973/.099 B

Edition DescriptionExpanded,Revised edition

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction Childless Presidents John Adams's Children Thomas Jefferson's Children James Monroe's Children John Quincy Adam's Children Martin Van Buren's Children William Henry Harrison's Children John Tyler's Children Zachary Taylor's Children Millard Fillmore's Children Franklin Pierce's Children Abraham Lincoln's Children Andrew Johnson's Children Ulysses Simpson Grant's Children Rutherford Birchard Hayes's Children James Abram Garfield's Children Chester Alan Arthur's Children Grover Cleveland's Children Benjamin Harrison's Children William McKinley's Children Theodore Roosevelt's Children William Howard Taft's Children Woodrow Wilson's Children Calvin Coolidge's Children Herbert Clark Hoover's Child Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Children Harry S. Truman's Children Dwight David Eisenhower's Children John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Children Lyndon Baines Johnson's Children Richard Milhous Nixon's Children Gerald Rudolph Ford's Children James Earl Carter's Children Ronald Wilson Reagan's Children George Herbert Walker Bush's Children William Jefferson Clinton's Child Appendix: Shared Characteristics of Presidents' Children Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisA comprehensive work about the first families' children, this is the only book available that treats these privileged few at any depth. The reading is enjoyable, answering questions such as, What happened to...? and, Did this president have any children? The book also is informative, glimpsing the lives of a few who have been shoved into the limelight at a certain period and for generations to come. Historically, the work functions sometimes as a period piece, sometimes as a human interest piece, but it always serves to help bring to life our first families. Included (where possible and/or appropriate) are the vital statistics of birth, marriage, education, development, profession, and death. The book is a good read, but it also serves an historical function. Aside from the fact that the book is informative, reading about the lives of the children of America's chief executives is like peering into a moment of the American equivalent of royalty. Observing the exciting, painful, humdrum, and heartfelt experiences of both the children and the families may also serve to increase the reader's understanding of the real lives of these emulated families; that they too lead lives that are similar to every person's, except that they are in the historical spotlight. After all, leaders such as Lincoln and Kennedy were forced to continue governing the affairs of state as their sons died., A comprehensive work about the first families' children, this is the only book available that treats these privileged few at any depth. The reading is enjoyable, answering questions such as, What happened to...' and, Did this president have any children? The book also is informative, glimpsing the lives of a few who have been shoved into the limelight at a certain period and for generations to come. Historically, the work functions sometimes as a period piece, sometimes as a human interest piece, but it always serves to help bring to life our first families. Included (where possible and/or appropriate) are the vital statistics of birth, marriage, education, development, profession, and death. The book is a good read, but it also serves an historical function. Aside from the fact that the book is informative, reading about the lives of the children of America's chief executives is like peering into a moment of the American equivalent of royalty. Observing the exciting, painful, humdrum, and heartfelt experiences of both the children and the families may also serve to increase the reader's understanding of the real lives of these emulated families; that they too lead lives that are similar to every person's, except that they are in the historical spotlight. After all, leaders such as Lincoln and Kennedy were forced to continue governing the affairs of state as their sons died.

LC Classification NumberE176