First friends : the powerful, unsung (and unelected) people who shaped our presidents
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New York : Twelve, 2021.
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First Edition.
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xvii, 391 pages : photographs ; 24 cm.
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Canon City Public Library - NONFICTION | 302.34 GIN | On Shelf |
Lamar Public Library (C426) - NONFICTION | 302.34 GINSBE GARY | On Shelf |
Ruby Sisson Library - NONFICTION | 302.34 GIN, G | On Shelf |
Security Public Library - NONFICTION | 302.34 GINSB | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Abraham Lincoln
Clinton, Bill, -- 1946-
Friendship.
Friendship.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel - 1804-1864.
Interracial friendship.
Interracial friendship.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826.
John F. Kennedy -- United States President
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836.
Male friendship.
Male friendship.
Pierce, Franklin, -- 1804-1869.
Presidents -- United States -- History.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, -- Pres. U.S., -- 1882-1945.
Truman, Harry -- 33rd U. S. President -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States.
Clinton, Bill, -- 1946-
Friendship.
Friendship.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel - 1804-1864.
Interracial friendship.
Interracial friendship.
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826.
John F. Kennedy -- United States President
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836.
Male friendship.
Male friendship.
Pierce, Franklin, -- 1804-1869.
Presidents -- United States -- History.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, -- Pres. U.S., -- 1882-1945.
Truman, Harry -- 33rd U. S. President -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States.
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Published
New York : Twelve, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Here are the riveting histories of myriad presidential friendships, among them:
Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed: They shared a bed for four years during which Speed saved his friend from a crippling depression. Two decades later the friends worked together to save the Union.
Harry Truman and Eddie Jacobson: When Truman wavered on whether to recognize the state of Israel in 1948, his lifelong friend and former business partner intervened at just the right moment with just the right words to steer the president’s decision.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Daisy Suckley: Unassuming and overlooked during her lifetime, Daisy Suckley was in reality FDR’s most trusted, constant confidant, the respite for a lonely and overworked President navigating the Great Depression and World War II
John Kennedy and David Ormsby-Gore: They met as young men in pre-war London and began a conversation over the meaning of leadership. A generation later the Cuban Missile Crisis would put their ideas to test as Ormsby-Gore became the president’s unofficial, but most valued foreign policy advisor.
These and other friendships—including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Franklin Pierce and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Bill Clinton and Vernon Jordan—populate this fresh and provocative exploration of a series of seminal presidential friendships.
Publishing history teems with books by and about Presidents, First Ladies, First Pets, and even First Chefs. Now former Clinton aide Gary Ginsberg breaks new literary ground on Pennsylvania Avenue and provides fresh insights into the lives of the men who held the most powerful political office in the world by looking at the friends on whom they relied.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ginsberg, G. (2021). First friends: the powerful, unsung (and unelected) people who shaped our presidents (First Edition.). Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ginsberg, Gary. 2021. First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents. Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ginsberg, Gary. First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents Twelve, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ginsberg, Gary. First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (and Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents First Edition., Twelve, 2021.
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