The Seven-Day Scholar: The Presidents Exploring History One Week at a Time
by Gaffney, Dennis; Gaffney, PeterFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-02-07
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary
Expert research and fascinating, little-known details about the Presidents of the United States make the second book in The Seven-Day Scholar series essential for anyone interested in the history of the U.S. The series is done in partnership with The History Channel and A & E.
Author Biography
Dennis Gaffney is an adjunct professor at the University at Albany SUNY, and also a journalist who has written for The New York Times, Mother Jones, and Reader's Digest. Peter Gaffney is Senior VP, Programming, Scheduling and Acquisitions for HISTORY.
Peter Gaffney is the Vice President of Program Planning & Acquisitions for HISTORY Channel and A& E.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| Presidents, Common and Uncommon | |
| The Founders (1778-1808) | |
| George Washington | |
| More Than a Marble Hero | p. 4 |
| Learning Through Experience-Washington the General | p. 12 |
| America's Patriarch | p. 20 |
| John Adams-A Volatile, Principled President | p. 28 |
| Thomas Jefferson | |
| The Early Jefferson-a Builder, a Thinker, a Writer | p. 36 |
| A Charmed First Term | p. 44 |
| Stumbling Through a Second Term | p. 52 |
| Thomas Jefferson's Followers-James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams | p. 60 |
| Presidential Muscle: Andrew Jackson and Those Who Followed (1829-1849) | |
| Andrew Jackson | |
| Wild, Headstrong, Ambitious | p. 70 |
| Jackson Grabs the Reins of Power | p. 78 |
| Jackson Creates a Powerful Presidency | p. 86 |
| Struggling in Jackson's Shadow-Martin Van Buren, William H. Harrison, John Tyler, and James K. Polk | p. 94 |
| Civil War and Reconstruction (1849-1881) | |
| Stumbling into Crisis-Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan | p. 104 |
| Abraham Lincoln | |
| ; Farm Boy, to Lawyer, to President | p. 112 |
| Into the Presidency-and into War | p. 120 |
| The War Changes-and So Does Lincoln | p. 128 |
| The Reconstruction Presidents-Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes | p. 136 |
| Reformers (1881-1897) | |
| Gilded Age Presidents-James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Graver Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison | p. 146 |
| Taking on the World and Reform (1897-1921) | |
| McKinley Sails into War, and Roosevelt Rides into Power | p. 156 |
| Roosevelt-Reformer, Conservationist, Internationalist- and William Taft | p. 164 |
| Woodrow Wilson-More Reform, and Then World War | p. 172 |
| Boom and Bust (1921-1941) | |
| Big-Business Presidents-Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover | p. 182 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Tries a New Deal | p. 190 |
| World War and Then Cold War (1941-1960) | |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Becomes Commander in Chief | p. 200 |
| Harry S Truman | |
| Farmer, Soldier, Machine Politician | p. 208 |
| President Truman-Cold Warrior, Frustrated Reformer | p. 216 |
| All Like Ike-Dwight D. Eisenhower, the General as President | p. 224 |
| The 1960s (1960-1968) | |
| John F. Kennedy | |
| A Father's Ambition, a Son's Success | p. 234 |
| Responding to Crises-Kennedy Grows in Office | p. 242 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| A Powerful Politician Pursues the Great Society | p. 250 |
| The Vietnam War Undermines the Great Society | p. 258 |
| The Conservative Era (1968-2008) | |
| Corruption and Its Aftermath-Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter | p. 268 |
| Ronald Reagan | |
| A Struggling Actor Becomes a Successful Politician | p. 276 |
| President Reagan-Reaganomics at Home, Cold Warrior Abroad | p. 284 |
| George H. W. Bush Tempers the Reagan Revolution | p. 292 |
| A Democrat Moves to the Center-Bill Clinton | p. 300 |
| A Republican Moves to the Right-George W. Bush | p. 308 |
| A New Era?-Barack Obama | p. 316 |
| The Best, the Worst, and the Most Interesting Presidents | |
| Most Influential-and Interesting-First Ladies | p. 326 |
| Best Writers-and Speakers | p. 334 |
| Most Controversial Elections | p. 342 |
| Scandals, Dressed and Undressed | p. 350 |
| Protecting-and Surrendering-Civil Rights | p. 358 |
| The Peacemakers | p. 366 |
| Most Controversial Foreign Policy Decisions | p. 374 |
| Most Memorable Postpresidential Careers | p. 382 |
| The Best and the Worst | p. 390 |
| Notes | p. 399 |
| Index | p. 407 |
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