×
Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date.
For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now.

First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama
400
by Joshua KendallJoshua Kendall
Choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for delivery by Thursday, April 15
27.0
In Stock
Overview
Every president has had some experience as a parent. Of the 43 men who have served in the nation's highest office, 38 have fathered biological children and the other five adopted children. Each president's parenting style reveals much about his beliefs as well as his psychological make-up. James Garfield enjoyed jumping on the bed with his kids. FDR's children, on the other hand, had to make appointments to talk to him.
In a lively narrative, based on research in archives around the country, Kendall shows presidential character in action. Readers will learn which type of parent might be best suited to leading the American people and, finally, how the fathering experiences of our presidents have forever changed the course of American history.
In a lively narrative, based on research in archives around the country, Kendall shows presidential character in action. Readers will learn which type of parent might be best suited to leading the American people and, finally, how the fathering experiences of our presidents have forever changed the course of American history.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781455551958 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing |
Publication date: | 05/10/2016 |
Pages: | 400 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d) |
About the Author
Joshua C. Kendall is the author of The Man Who Made Lists, about the creation of Roget's Thesaurus, and The Forgotten Founding Father, a biography of Noah Webster, the lexicographer responsible for Webster's Dictionary. He is also an award-winning journalist, with work in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Psychology Today, and BusinessWeek, among other publications. He is an Associate Fellow of Yale's Trumbull College.
Table of Contents
Prologue: The Sense and Sensibility of James Garfield 1
"It Is a Most Innocent and Intense Passion"
1 The Preoccupied 11
"I Should Like to Have Your Opinion on It"
2 Playful Pals 71
"My Father Likes Snakes"
3 Double-Dealing Dads 130
"You Know Such Things Happen on Plantations"
4 Tiger Dads 185
"I Could Feel Nothing but Sorrow and Shame in Your Presence"
5 The Grief-Stricken 240
"I Always See My Boy Playing Tennis on the Court Out There"
6 The Nurturers 294
"When Is My Daddy Coming?"
Epilogue: Presidential Choices 347
"I Knew I Had to Share My Daddy"
Acknowledgments 353
Sources and Notes 357
Photo Credits 375
Index 379
Customer Reviews
Related Searches
Explore More Items
*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* In this scientifically informed ...
*Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Science & Technology Book of the Year* In this scientifically informed
account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful ...
When most of us think of Charles Lindbergh, we picture a dashing twenty-five-year-old aviator stepping ...
When most of us think of Charles Lindbergh, we picture a dashing twenty-five-year-old aviator stepping
out of the Spirit of St. Louis after completing his solo flight across the Atlantic. What we don't see is the awkward high school student, ...
Raised in a large, loving Irish Catholic family, Valerie O'Connor is a sheltered and innocent ...
Raised in a large, loving Irish Catholic family, Valerie O'Connor is a sheltered and innocent
young woman who comes of age in the 1950s. When, at age 18, she meets and falls deeply in love with Jack Marsh, a dashing ...
A fresh and flexible approach to grain bowlsthoughtfully structured one-dish meals that marry health and ...
A fresh and flexible approach to grain bowlsthoughtfully structured one-dish meals that marry health and
flavorfrom James Beard Award-winning journalist and acclaimed cookbook coauthor Carolynn Carreno. Gorgeous, layered, satisfying bowls have become the next wave of healthy eating. From food ...
(13th in Series)In the rust-belt town of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, Detective Sergeant Rugs Carlucci, the acting ...
(13th in Series)In the rust-belt town of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, Detective Sergeant Rugs Carlucci, the acting
police chief, has a murder on his hands. Decades ago, a local boy named Bobby Blasco went north to pitch for the Boston Red Sox ...
Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, legendary commander of the USS Benfold, continues in the same vein ...
Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, legendary commander of the USS Benfold, continues in the same vein
of his bestselling book It's Your Ship with the knowledge he's gained from his speaking to and advising some of the top business minds in ...
In a fascinating, behind-the-scenes, no-holds-barred autobiography, college football sensation Keyshawn Johnson, presumed savior of the ...
In a fascinating, behind-the-scenes, no-holds-barred autobiography, college football sensation Keyshawn Johnson, presumed savior of the
New York Jets, offers a candid look at his life on the field and his rookie season in the NFL.Wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson was a ...
The moving memoir of one brave woman who, along with her daughters, has kept 90,000 ...
The moving memoir of one brave woman who, along with her daughters, has kept 90,000
of her fellow citizens safe, healthy, and educated for over 20 years in Somalia.Dr. Hawa Abdi, "the Mother Teresa of Somalia" and Nobel Peace Prize ...