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Lang Matl
Author Updegrove, Mark K.

Title Baptism by fire : eight presidents who took office in times of crisis / Mark K. Updegrove.

Imprint New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  E176.1 .U688 2009    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  E176.1    Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 292 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index.
Contents George Washington : the first -- Thomas Jefferson : "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists" -- John Tyler : the accidental president -- Abraham Lincoln : "The Union is unbroken" -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : nothing to fear -- Harry S. Tru
Summary Presents accounts of eight U.S. presidents who assumed office at times of crisis and how they met high-stakes challenges, from Lincoln's efforts on behalf of a divided nation and FDR's strategies during the Depression to Truman's inheritance of
Subject Presidents -- United States -- History.
Crisis management in government -- United States -- History.
Political leadership -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780312388034 (alk. paper)
0312388039 (alk. paper)