Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and how They Changed America, 1789-1989Thorndike Press, 2007 - 804 pages From the author Newsweek called the nations leading presidential historian comes an inspiring narrative chronicling the crucial moments when a courageous president has dramatically changed the future of the United States. of full-color photos. |
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... American territory near Detroit . Having jeopardized his prestige to talk with Britain , Washington was furious . He wrote Jay it was " the most open and daring act of the British agents in America . " Every " well informed " American ...
... American territory near Detroit . Having jeopardized his prestige to talk with Britain , Washington was furious . He wrote Jay it was " the most open and daring act of the British agents in America . " Every " well informed " American ...
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... American " wives and daugh- ters ” into “ legal prostitution . " According to rumor , before the French attacked the East- ern Seaboard , French agents would murder President Adams and urge American slaves to throw off their chains ...
... American " wives and daugh- ters ” into “ legal prostitution . " According to rumor , before the French attacked the East- ern Seaboard , French agents would murder President Adams and urge American slaves to throw off their chains ...
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... American Democracy . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University , 2004 . Martin Van Buren and the American Political System . Princeton : Princeton Uni- versity , 1984 . Cole , Wayne . Roosevelt and the Isolationists , 1932-45 . Lincoln ...
... American Democracy . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University , 2004 . Martin Van Buren and the American Political System . Princeton : Princeton Uni- versity , 1984 . Cole , Wayne . Roosevelt and the Isolationists , 1932-45 . Lincoln ...
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