Morris, Seymour,

Fit for the presidency? : winners, losers, what-ifs, and also-rans / Seymour Morris Jr. - xii, 387 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: what our founding fathers looked for in a potential president -- George Washington, 1789 -- DeWitt Clinton, 1812 -- William Henry Harrison, 1840 -- Abraham Lincoln, 1860 -- Jefferson Davis, 1861 -- Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 -- William Randolph Hearst, 1904 -- William Gibbs McAdoo, 1920 -- Herbert Hoover, 1928 -- Wendell Willkie, 1940 -- George C. Marshall, 1944 -- Henry A. Wallace, 1948 -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 -- Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 -- Ronald Reagan, 1980 -- Conclusion: appraising the candidate.

9781612348506 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781612348872 (epub)

2016012184


Presidential candidates--History.--United States
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
Candidatos presidenciales--Historia.--Estados Unidos
Candidatos presidenciales--Estados Unidos--Biografía.


United States--Politics and government.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno.

JK 524 / M877f 2016

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