Presidential Confidential : Sex, Scandal, Murder and Mayhem in the Oval Office.
Title:
Presidential Confidential : Sex, Scandal, Murder and Mayhem in the Oval Office.
Author:
Boertlein, John.
ISBN:
9781578603626
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (237 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE Anarchists, and Assorted A'holes -- 1 A Tough Nut to Crack - Andrew Jackson -- 2 Belonging to the Ages - Abraham Lincoln -- 3 Are You Employed, Sir? - James Garfield -- 4 Another Century's Terrorists - William McKinley -- 5 Hunting the Bull Moose - Theodore Roosevelt -- 6 A Little Luck for the President-Elect - Franklin Roosevelt -- 7 Sleeping in His Underwear - Harry Truman -- 8 Doomsday in Dallas - John F. Kennedy -- 9 Squeaky and Sara Jane, a Couple of Misfires - Gerald Ford -- 10 "Honey, I Forgot to Duck . . . " - Ronald Reagan -- PART TWO Sex at the Chief Executive Level -- 1 "Father" of Our Country - George Washington -- 2 "Brown Sugar-How Come You Taste So Good?: - Thomas Jefferson -- 3 Hard as Hickory - Andrew Jackson -- 4 A Gay Old Time with the Bachelor President - James Buchanan -- 5 Three-Ways and Ho's on the Road to the White House - James Garfield -- 6 Who's Your Daddy? - Grover Cleveland -- 7 Woody at the White House - Woodrow Wilson -- 8 The Ladies' Man from Ohio - Warren G. Harding -- 9 FDR and the Secretary of Sex - Franklin D. Roosevelt -- 10 I (Really) Like Ike! - Dwight Eisenhower -- 11 "Where's the Borads?" - John F. Kennedy -- 12 Walking Tall from Texas - Lyndon Johnson -- 13 A New Definition of Sex - Bill Clinton -- PART THREE Partying with the President -- 1 Drinking to Forget - Franklin Pierce -- 2 Drinking on Duty - Andrew Johnson -- 3 Cocktail Time for the General - Ulysses S. Grant -- 4 The Dude Abides - Chester Alan Arthur -- 5 Prohibition, Poker, Bathtub Gin, and Hangin' with Warren G - Warren G. Harding -- 6 JFK and Dr. Feelgood - John F. Kennedy -- 7 A Brand New Ford - Betty Ford -- 8 Good Ol' Boys 'n' Beer - Billy Carter -- 9 Skeletons in the Nominee's Closet - George H.W. Bush -- 10 Never Inhale - Bill Clinton.
11 D. Dubya I. - George W. Bush -- PART FOUR Presidential Peccadilloes -- 1 Most Votes = Runner-Up? - John Quincy Adams -- 2 Doesn't Play Well with Congress - John Tyler -- 3 No Body for Habeas Corpus - Abraham Lincoln -- 4 A Peach of an Impeachment - Andrew Johnson -- 5 Teapot Doom - Warren G. Harding -- 6 Go Checkers! Save Dick! - Richard Nixon -- 7 The Bank Account as Big as Texas - Lyndon Johnson -- 8 What's Bugging Dick? - Richard Nixon -- 9 The Only Good Commie . . . - Ronald Reagan -- 10 Bill Soils a Blue Dress - Bill Clinton -- 11 Pants on Fire - George W. Bush -- About the Author.
Abstract:
Presidential Confidential serves up the behind-the-scenes stories that the schoolbooks left out deliciously juicy stories like secret (and sometimes sordid) affairs, dirty tricks, criminal acts, embarrassing moments, and much more. From George Washington stepping out on Martha to George Bush stepping on practically everyone, it delivers the sex, scandal, murder, and mayhem in the dishy style of a 1950s scandal mag. Author John Boertlein takes an irreverent, no-cow-is-too-sacred-to-be-spared approach, covering the mishaps of the great and not-so-great with equal relish: shady financial deals and shadier friends, famous drunks and infamous relatives, assassinations and assassination attempts. The stories range from in-depth treatments to short sidebars, making this an entertaining and informative read that can be sampled on the run or enjoyed at length. Loaded with pictures and fun facts, and featuring an attractive, stylized layout, Presidential Confidential is a riotous romp through the Oval Office.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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