Title

Character: profiles in presidential courage.

Description

Presents a detailed account of sixteen crises in American history, the responses of the men who were President at the time, and the influence that their decisions and actions had on the subsequent course of American history.

Identifier

1268304

159071038X

Creator

Wallace, Chris

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2004

Program air date: October 31, 2004

Publisher

Rugged Land

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Extensive notes on front and back endpapers and table of contents page concerning the sixteen presidents examined in this work. The notes cover some biographical information on each president, as well as notes on the courageous acts they committed as president. Examples from the table of contents page include: "Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863" under Abraham Lincoln, "Presidential news conference on Vietnam, July 25, 1965" under Lyndon Johnson, "Radio address from the White House, December 29, 1940" by Franklin Roosevelt, and "West Point Graduation, June 1, 2002" by George W. Bush. Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book.

Subject

"Presidents--United States--Biography."

"Courage--United States."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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