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" Oval Office oddities : "
Bill Fawcett ; [illustrations by Charles D. Moissant].
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BL
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950689
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b705059
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Fawcett, Bill
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Oval Office oddities : : an irreverent collection of presidential facts, follies, and foibles /\ Bill Fawcett ; [illustrations by Charles D. Moissant].
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First edition.
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New York, NY :: HarperCollins Publishers,, [2008]
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, ©2008
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vi, 341 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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0061346179
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: 9780061346170
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| Contents
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A field guide to past American presidents, 1789 to 1933 -- Campaign promises -- Presidential firsts -- Presidential peculiarities -- George Washington -- Before and after -- Thomas the think engine -- Presidents as people -- Grant me this -- Dignity, always dignity -- Body politic -- Presidential politics -- Left and right ... -- When, who, and how much? -- On the record: Presidential libraries -- The unsinkable Teddy Roosevelt -- Commander in chief -- First Lady follies -- Family can be first family -- Stripes in the stars -- Presidential pets -- Presidential pastimes -- Presidential yachts -- Assassinations and attempted assassinations -- And the other was elected vice president ... -- They said that? -- White House wonders -- Appendix: Rating the presidents.
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A lighthearted treasury of presidential trivia and historical lore features such tidbits as the mistresses of the founding fathers, the theft plot surrounding Lincoln's body, and claims pertaining to John Adams's sanity.
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Presidents' spouses-- United States, Miscellanea.
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Presidents-- United States, Biography, Miscellanea.
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Presidents-- United States-- History, Miscellanea.
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Politics and government.
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Presidents' spouses.
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Presidents-- United States, Miscellanea.
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Presidents.
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United States, Politics and government, Miscellanea.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.09/9
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JK516.F39 2008
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E176.1.F25 2008
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Moissant, Charles D.
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