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Oval Office Oddities: An Irreverent Collection of Presidential Facts, Follies, and Foibles

Every four years Americans go to the polls to elect a leader — a personage of unimpeachable sobriety and moral standing who will serve as a paragon for the rest of us. But truth be told, presidents and their families are people too — with quirks and character flaws like everyone else ... and plenty of skeletons rattling around in their closets. Oval Office Oddities is a grand compendium of fascinating, sometimes embarrassing presidential facts, gaffes, and oddball behaviors — available in plenty of time for Election Day!

White House Whoopee: We've all heard about the dalliances of Clinton and Kennedy — but what were Washington, Jefferson, FDR, and Ike doing behind closed doors?

America's Imelda: Mary Todd Lincoln had an endearing little clothing fetish ... and once purchased 300 pairs of gloves in a single month!

Go West, Young Prez: "California Dreamin'" was not a top presidential priority ... since no Commander in Chief bothered to visit the neglected coast until Rutherford B. Hayes did in 1880.

Crazy Jack: Many prominent leaders were absolutely convinced that John Adams was stark raving bonkers!

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 352
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-06-134617-0
  • EAN
  • 9780061346170
  • Genres
  • history, trivia, politics
  • Release date
  • 2008