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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Wead, Doug.     Subjects     Fathers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.     Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.     Parents -- United States -- Biography     Presidents -- United States -- Family relationships.     Presidents -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wead, Doug.       by title:      The raising of a pre...         MARC Display

The raising of a president : the mothers and fathers of our nation's leaders / Doug Wead. by Wead, Doug. New York : Atria Books, 2005. Subjects Fathers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.   Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.   Parents -- United States -- Biography   Presidents -- United States -- Family relationships.   Presidents -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  0743497260 Description:  ix, 512 p., [32] plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Requests:  0 Summary:  A look at the parents of the American presidents, full of facts and anecdotes as well as psychological profiles based on Wead's findings. He analyzes the types of families into which our presidents were born, and sheds a fascinating light on how their destinies were shaped during childhood. Using papers and letters, as well as private conversations and interviews with six presidents and first ladies, Wead focuses on the early life of George Washington; John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and the making of our nation's first political empire; the humble beginnings of our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln; the privileged upbringing of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; the ambitious rise of John Fitzgerald Kennedy; and the "quiet dynasty" led by George H.W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 973.09 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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