| Warren G. Harding: The American Presidents Series: The 29th President, 1921-1923 Contributor(s): Dean, John W. (Author), Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805069569 ISBN-13: 9780805069563 Publisher: Times Books OUR PRICE: $27.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: In this wise and compelling biography, Dean--no stranger to controversy himself--recovers the truths and explodes the myths surrounding the 29th president's tarnished legacy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Political Science | Political Process - General - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003049368 |
| Series: American Presidents |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.6" (0.90 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: President Nixon's former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal Warren G. Harding may be best known as America's worst president. Scandals plagued him: the Teapot Dome affair, corruption in the Veterans Bureau and the Justice Department, and the posthumous revelation of an extramarital affair. Raised in Marion, Ohio, Harding took hold of the small town's newspaper and turned it into a success. Showing a talent for local politics, he rose quickly to the U.S. Senate. His presidential campaign slogan, America's present need is not heroics but healing, not nostrums but normalcy, gave voice to a public exhausted by the intense politics following World War I. Once elected, he pushed for legislation limiting the number of immigrants; set high tariffs to relieve the farm crisis after the war; persuaded Congress to adopt unified federal budget creation; and reduced income taxes and the national debt, before dying unexpectedly in 1923. In this wise and compelling biography, John W. Dean--no stranger to controversy himself--recovers the truths and explodes the myths surrounding our twenty-ninth president's tarnished legacy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dean, John W.: - John W. Dean served as Richard Nixon's White House counsel for a thousand days. He is the author of two books recounting his days in the Nixon administration, Blind Ambition and Lost Honor, as well as Unmasking Deep Throat. A native of Marion, Ohio, he lives in Beverly Hills, California.Schlesinger, Arthur M.: - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., (1917-2007) was the preeminent political historian of our time. For more than half a century, he was a cornerstone figure in the intellectual life of the nation and a fixture on the political scene. He won two Pulitzer prizes for The Age of Jackson (1946) and A Thousand Days (1966), and in 1988 received the National Humanities Medal. He published the first volume of his autobiography, A Life in the Twentieth Century, in 2000. |