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Vanity Fair's Presidential Profiles: Defining Portraits, Deeds, and Misdeeds of 43 Notable Americans--And What Each One Really Thought About His Predecessor
by
Vanity Fair,
Judy Bachrach, David Friend, Graydon Carter , Mark Summers , Kamp David, Purdum Todd, Jim Windolf
Forty-three men have held the highest office in the United States, making up an exclusive club ofHelen Thomas, columnist, Hearst newspapers
Hardcover, 112 pages
Published
February 1st 2010
by Abrams
(first published 2010)
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This is a very handy volume. Each president gets a simple, one-page overview on the left, and an iconic pencil sketch on the right. It was synergistic, and adequately highlighted what the presidents stood for and accomplished--providing a nice introduction particularly to those not well known to me. I grew in my appreciation for Monroe, Polk, Coolidge, Hoover, and Eisenhower, while trembling a bit at some of the extremes of an old hero (Theodore Roosevelt). Though the book seemed to lean a bit l...more
WOW! This was such a quick read! I really, really enjoyed thumbing through, prez by prez. There's so much I don't know about most of the presidents. This gives you a very brief overview of them as not only the officeholder, but as men.
Recommended for Americans who don't know William Henry Harrison from Benjamin.
Recommended for Americans who don't know William Henry Harrison from Benjamin.
Found this today at a thrift store (which is odd since it came out the first of this month, I hope that doesn't mean it's crummy). Short little 1 pg bios on all the president's across from a beautiful profile pic. I plan on leaving it in the car to read while I wait for my son to come out of school.
I loved the idea of this book. Page long synopsis of the president's life and presidency but I was a little disappointed. I felt like it was biased and I just wanted some facts. It w...more
I loved the idea of this book. Page long synopsis of the president's life and presidency but I was a little disappointed. I felt like it was biased and I just wanted some facts. It w...more
Really good profiles and good essays. Intro said that they tried to be fair, but didn't quite succeed with some of the presidents. Makes a good book to add to the presidential history lovers' bookshelves.
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this book claims that Andrew Johnson said, "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." but all the research i did credits Andrew Jackson with this quote. and some of the bios were lame. and the font was small.
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