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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 67
Page 16
... Hamilton's Byzantine intrigues or his infidelities to his wife , Elizabeth . When Martha adopted a tomcat , she named it " Hamilton . " But for the President , who knew his own shortcomings , Hamilton was an endless fount of provocative ...
... Hamilton's Byzantine intrigues or his infidelities to his wife , Elizabeth . When Martha adopted a tomcat , she named it " Hamilton . " But for the President , who knew his own shortcomings , Hamilton was an endless fount of provocative ...
Page 87
... Hamilton be Number Two " at almost any price . " Adams was thunderstruck . Not only was Washington demanding Hamilton , but until France invaded , he would stay at Mount Ver- non and let Hamilton run the Army himself ! To forestall this ...
... Hamilton be Number Two " at almost any price . " Adams was thunderstruck . Not only was Washington demanding Hamilton , but until France invaded , he would stay at Mount Ver- non and let Hamilton run the Army himself ! To forestall this ...
Page 133
... Hamilton came to the President's private quarters , Jackson was writing his an- nual message among busts and portraits of himself . Shown one of the drafts , James was appalled to read an attack on the Bank , ren- dered “ in a loose ...
... Hamilton came to the President's private quarters , Jackson was writing his an- nual message among busts and portraits of himself . Shown one of the drafts , James was appalled to read an attack on the Bank , ren- dered “ in a loose ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abigail Adams Adams's American Andrew Jackson asked Bank Biddle's Blair Bobby British Bryant called Churchill civil rights Clark Clifford Clay Congress DeConde Democrats dent Eddie Jacobson Edmund Morris Edmund Randolph election Federalist felt Ferling Franklin Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Papers George Washington Gorbachev Hanna Harry Truman Henry insisted Jack James Jay's Treaty Jefferson Jewish Jews John Adams John F John Hay Joseph Kennedy Joseph Kennedy Diary Joseph Kennedy Papers July Kennedy Library Kennedy's knew leaders Lincoln Marshall McClellan McHenry Miller Center Morison never Nicholas Biddle Nixon oral history Oval Office peace Pickering political President President's Quasi-War Reagan Papers Remini replied Republican Robert Kennedy Ronald Reagan Diary Schlesinger Secretary Senate Sept Shultz Soviet Theodore Rex Theodore Roosevelt Thomas tion told his diary Truman Library Truman Papers Union vote warned Weizmann White House wife William Willkie wrote York