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Wounded Titans: American Presidents and the Perils of Power
by Lerner, Max, and Schmuhl, Robert (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with small edge wear.
- ISBN 10
- 1559703393
- ISBN 13
- 9781559703390
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with small edge wear.. xx, 437 p. Here, collected for the first time, are Lerner's complete writings on the presidency and American presidents. During his long career as a teacher, writer, and commentator, Max Lerner taught generations of Americans how government and its institutions influence our lives. This collection of his unforgettable portraits of the men who have wielded the greatest power our democracy, including Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Nixon, and Reagan, shows the triumphs and tragedies, the forces that swept them to power and sometimes crippled their ability to fulfill their vision.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58246
- Title
- Wounded Titans: American Presidents and the Perils of Power
- Author
- Lerner, Max, and Schmuhl, Robert (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with small edge wear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 1559703393
- ISBN 13
- 9781559703390
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- White House, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Liberalism, Thomas Dewey, Adlai Stevenson, Barry Goldwater, Mondale, Jimmy Carter, Dukakis
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