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Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1986

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the Virginia surveyor, soldier, and plantation owner who became the first president of the United States.

2) James Madison, fourth president of the United States

Author

Clinton, Susan

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1986

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Recounts the story of America's fourth president, known as the Father of the Constitution, describing his early life in Virginia and his many years of service in public office.

3) John Adams: second president of the United States

Author

Brill, Marlene Targ

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1986

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the outspoken, decisive man who served the United States in many ways, including as its President.

4) Thomas Jefferson: third president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1986

Physical Desc

99 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the tall red-headed Virginian, from his early education and involvement in the American Revolution to his activities as the nation's third president and last years at Monticello.

5) Franklin D. Roosevelt: thirty-second president of the United States

Author

Osinski, Alice

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Follows the life and career of America's thirty-second president, who led the country through the Depression and was elected to four terms in the White House.

6) Harry S. Truman

Author

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c1987

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Fitz-Gerald, Christine Maloney

Traces the life and political career of the statesman from Missouri who became president of the United States following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.

7) James Monroe: fifth President of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1987

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

The life and long political career of the fifth president of the United States whose Monroe Doctrine proclaimed opposition to further European control in the western hemisphere.

8) John F. Kennedy: thirty-fifth President of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1987

Physical Desc

99 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Chronicles the life and tragic death of the man who championed foreign relations, civil rights, and space exploration as the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

9) John Tyler: tenth president of the United States

Author

Lillegard, Dee

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1987

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the Virginian who became tenth president of the United States upon the death of William Henry Harrison.

10) Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1987

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Examines the life of the lawyer politician who became the eighth president of the United States and led the country through its first serious depression.

11) Abraham Lincoln: sixteenth president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

97 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the frontier clerk, storekeeper, lawyer, politician, and Civil War President.

12) Calvin Coolidge: thirtieth president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the early life, education, and political career of the president who earned the nickname "Silent Cal."

13) Grover Cleveland: twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Follows the life of the minister's son who rose from being an honest city lawyer to serve two terms as American president.

14) James Buchanan: fifteenth president of the United States

Author

Brill, Marlene Targ

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the early life and political career of the man who served as president in the years just before the Civil War.

15) James K. Polk, eleventh president of the United States

Author

Lillegard, Dee

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the eleventh American president, whose term in office saw great expansion of the western frontier.

16) Theodore Roosevelt: twenty-sixth President of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Examines the personality, early life, family, and career of the twenty-sixth president of the United States.

17) William McKinley: twenty-fifth president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Presents the early life, military career, and political life of the president who was assassinated in 1901 during his second term in office.

18) Zachary Taylor, twelfth president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of "Old Rough and Ready," hero of the Mexican War, who became the twelfth president of the United States.

19) Chester A. Arthur: twenty-first president of the United States

Author

Simon, Charnan

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1989

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

20) George Bush: forty-first president of the United States

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1989

Physical Desc

98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description