The American Presidents Series.AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., gen. ed. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Louis Auchincloss Noun 1. Louis Auchincloss - United States writer (born in 1917) Auchincloss, Louis Stanton Auchincloss . 2001/2002. 3 tapes. 4 hrs. $23.95. 1-55927-738-6. JAMES MADISON. Garry Wills. 4 tapes. 6 hrs. $25.95. 1-55927-737-8. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Robert V. Remini Robert V. Remini (b. July 17, 1921) is a historian and a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of numerous works about President Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian Era. He received his B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. . 2002. 4 tapes. 6 hrs. $25.95. 1-55927-739-4. GROVER CLEVELAND. Henry F. Graft. 2002.4 tapes. 6 hrs. $25.95. 1-55927-736-x. Reed by Ira Claffey. Audio Renaissance Audio. Cardboard; content notes. SA These four titles are part of a 21-book series on American presidents. Editor Schlesinger writes that each volume offers a "distillation distillation, process used to separate the substances composing a mixture. It involves a change of state, as of liquid to gas, and subsequent condensation. The process was probably first used in the production of intoxicating beverages. of character and career," along with a message of citizen responsibility that the buck stops in the voting booth. The audiobooks are remarkable for the details of personal lives, personalities, and political maneuvering, both petty and monumental, packed into each compact work. Claffey's reading is so skilled in projecting character and nuance that one might well choose the audio over the printed version. Roosevelt goes from sickly child to vigorous adult--big game hunter, trust buster, courageous soldier. Of the legendary charge of Roosevelt and his Rough Riders Rough Riders, popular name for the 1st Regiment of U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, organized largely by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898). Its members were mostly ranchers and cowboys from the West, with a sprinkling of adventurous blue bloods from the up San Juan Hill San Juan Hill (săn wän, Span. sän hwän), Oriente prov., E Cuba, near the city of Santiago de Cuba. It was the scene (July, 1898) of a battle in the Spanish-American War, in which Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders took part. , a friend wrote, "No hunting trip so far has ever equaled it in Theodore's eyes." Madison's analysis as he worked on the Constitution remains brilliant in today's reading. He was often tangled in personnel problems and bogged down by indecision Indecision Buridan’s ass unable to decide between two haystacks, he would starve to death. [Fr. Philos.: Brewer Dictionary, 154] Cooke, Ebenezer his irresolution usually leads to catatonia. [Am. Lit. . Adams struggled with tariffs, removal of Indians from land in the east (part of the debate assumed extinction), and invective from powerful critics. Cleveland had the White House wedding, the debate over the gold standard, and the idea that he could make merit the basis for government employment. His two terms were separated by the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, which figures prominently in this book. Vivian Berg, Mandan, ND |
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