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    Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents

    By Cormac O'Brien

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    Murder, Adultery, Gambling, UFOs - And the White House?!?
     
    Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the men in the White House—complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that:
     
         •  George Washington spent a whopping 7% of his salary on booze
         •  John Quincy Adams loved to skinny-dip in the Potomac River
         •  Gerald Ford once worked as a Cosmopolitan magazine cover model
         •  Warren G. Harding gambled with White House china when he ran low on cash
         •  Jimmy Carter reported a UFO sighting in Georgia
         •  And Richard Nixon . . . sheesh, don’t get us started on Nixon!
     
    With chapters on everyone from George Washington to Barack Obama, Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these guys were cheating on their wives? Are there really secret tunnels underneath the White House? And what was Nancy Reagan thinking when she appeared on Diff’rent Strokes? American history was never this much fun in school!
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicleBooks
    Release dateJan 1, 2009
    ISBN9781594743443
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    Reviews for Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents

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    • 5/5
      Hooray for this book! It is so much fun as a history major to read. It is the childhood book I always wanted, but was not ready for.
    • 4/5
      This book is a fascinating read that gives facts about all of the presidents of the US. But not just your average "they did this and that" facts. More like weird quirks and flaws, scandals, and other interesting tidbits. Did you know that James Tyler had 14 children with two wives? Or that Taft was so overweight that he often got stuck in the tub? This book is a quick, fun and interesting read. I recommend it!
    • 3/5
      As a U.S History teacher, this book makes a great way to "hook" students in when teaching about all the Presidents. Some of the information is well know, but each has something you may not know, that the history books leave out. Very humorous stories will get your attention about our country's leaders.
    • 5/5
      Now, this is the kind of book I really enjoy reading. Full offascinating obscure facts and written in brief paragraph form so thatyou can pick it up, read a little bit, then lay it down without havingto worry about "catching up" again when you come back to it. It coversevery President from Washington to Bush II, revealing little-knowntidbits and facts I never knew before. It's heavily illustrated withfull page caricatures of each president, detailed stats and factoids,plus some really fascinating insight into what made each one of themtruly tick.I enjoyed it. 5
    • 4/5
      I read this book because I wanted a quick guide to the lives and personalities of the lesser known presidents, and that's exactly what it provides -- useful and very short biographical sketches of ALL the presidents. It doesn't provide much in the way of big secrets, except for the even worse than one expected philandering of some recent occupants of the office; for many presidents, "secret" lives simply equals personal lives. But that's no problem, the book gave me what I wanted. It's interesting amusing, and a very quick and easy read. Look elsewhere for profundity.
    • 3/5
      I love books that profile the Presidents and there are many different angles to be explored out there. Here is yet another entry that says it deals with "secret lives." A bit of a teaser that line as one may think we have some very intriguing and unknown tales between the covers. Well kind of, what we get is a synopsis of what their terms produced, mostly common knowledge. But after this, topics are brought up unique to each man (yep still all men) some which has been out there before and some new uncovered material.In chronological order we see the blemishes and peccadillos of each and every one exposed for what they were or did. I'm don't know anything of Cormac O'Brien (could he be related to Conan?)but one does soon enough get a glimpse into his political orientation particularly toward our more recent occupants. President Obama portrayed as an all round cool guy. El Presidente Donald, not so much. In fact he provides quite a buffet of venom venting here. In general a fun read with insights into the oh so real people that took up the mantle.