Mike Henry

Christmas With the Presidents

Holiday Lessons for Today's Kids from America's Leaders

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Produktbeschreibung

The job of the President of the United States is one of the most difficult in the world. But for a brief time each year at Christmas, the Commander in Chief becomes a regular person, celebrating the holiday with family, friends, parties, and presents. This is a fun look at history through the perspective of the holidays.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781475837827
• ISBN-10: 1475837828
• Artikelnr.: 49447199

Autorenporträt

By Mike Henry

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. George Washington: Danger on the Delaware 2. John Adams: The
First White House Christmas 3. Thomas Jefferson: Grandpa Played the Fiddle
4. James Madison: Dinner with Dolley 5. James Monroe: A Christmas Never
Forgotten 6. John Quincy Adams: The President and the Christmas Eve Flower
7. Andrew Jackson: A Christmas for the Orphans 8. Martin Van Buren: A Dutch
Christmas 9. John Tyler: Waiting for Julia 10. James K. Polk: The Christmas
Wedding 11. Zachary Taylor: Christmas in Many Places 12. Millard Fillmore:
Together Again 13. Franklin Pierce: The First Christmas Tree 14. James
Buchanan: A Divided Christmas 15. Abraham Lincoln: The Soldiers and
Christmas 16. Andrew Johnson: A Christmas Pardon 17. Ulysses S. Grant: An
Official Holiday 18. Rutherford B. Hayes: Sharing Christmas Cheer 19.
Chester Arthur: Nell's Helping Hands 20. Grover Cleveland: Holiday Changes
21. Benjamin Harrison: The President with the White Beard 22. William
McKinley: Tough Times at Christmas 23. Theodore Roosevelt: Bah-Humbug ! 24.
William Howard Taft: Christmas Wishes Do Come True 25. Woodrow Wilson:
Christmas Connections 26. Warren Harding: Helping Others at Christmas 27.
Calvin Coolidge: Let's Light the Tree ! 28. Herbert Hoover: The White House
is on Fire...Again ! 29. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The 12 Years of Christmas
30. Harry S. Truman: Christmas in Independence 31. Dwight D. Eisenhower:
The Painting President 32. John F. Kennedy: The Christmas Theme 33. Lyndon
B. Johnson: A Texas Sized Christmas 34. Richard Nixon: New Traditions 35.
Gerald Ford: Christmas on the Slopes 36. Jimmy Carter: A Small Town
Christmas 37. Ronald Reagan: The Meaning of Christmas 38. George H.W. Bush:
A Cherry Picker for Christmas 39. Bill Clinton: Peace on Earth 40. George
W. Bush: Remembrance and Goodwill 41. Barack Obama: The Christmas Letter
42. Donald J. Trump: The Gift of Giving 43. That Special Time of the Year
White House Christmas Themes The History of the National Christmas Tree 44.
Valley Forge and the Christmas of 1877 Did anything else in American
History happen on Christmas? Epilogue (William Henry Harrison and James
Garfield) It's A Fact - Extra! Christmas Quotes from the Presidents Answer
Key for Today's Questions Bibliography About the Author