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Author Morris, Seymour, author.

Title Fit for the presidency? : winners, losers, what-ifs, and also-rans / Seymour Morris Jr.

Publication Info. [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.099 MOR    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.099 MORRIS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  973.099 MORRIS    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  973.099 MORRIS    Check Shelf
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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  973.009 MO    Check Shelf
Description xii, 387 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-386).
Contents Introduction: what our founding fathers looked for in a potential president -- George Washington, 1789 -- DeWitt Clinton, 1812 -- William Henry Harrison, 1840 -- Abraham Lincoln, 1860 -- Jefferson Davis, 1861 -- Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 -- William Randolph Hearst, 1904 -- William Gibbs McAdoo, 1920 -- Herbert Hoover, 1928 -- Wendell Willkie, 1940 -- George C. Marshall, 1944 -- Henry A. Wallace, 1948 -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 -- Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 -- Ronald Reagan, 1980 -- Conclusion: appraising the candidate.
Summary Every four years Americans embark on the ultimate carnival, the Super Bowl of democracy: a presidential election campaign filled with endless speeches, debates, handshakes, and passion. But what about the candidates themselves? In Fit for the Presidency? Seymour Morris Jr. applies an executive recruiter's approach to fifteen presidential prospects from 1789 to 1980, analyzing their résumés and references to determine their fitness for the job. Were they qualified? How real were their actual accomplishments? Could they be trusted, or were their campaign promises unrealistic? The result is a fresh and original look at a host of contenders from George Washington to William McAdoo, from DeWitt Clinton to Ronald Reagan. Gone is the fluff of presidential campaigns, replaced by broad perspective and new insights on candidates seeking the nation's highest office.
Subject Presidential candidates -- United States -- History.
Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government.
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Presidential candidates. (OCoLC)fst01075708
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
HISTORY / United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections.
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 9781612348506 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
1612348505 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
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