Grover Cleveland's Rubber Jaw
And Other Unusual, Unexpected, Unbelievable but All-True Facts About America's Presidents
From George Washington to Barack Obama, this collection of weird and wild-but true!-facts will show you a whole other side of our nation's leaders: • Andrew Jackson was married to a bigamist. • Martin Van Buren wore pistols in the Senate chamber in case things got too rowdy. • Franklin Pierce ran over a woman with his horse while in office and was arrested, but was released when the police realized he was the president. • James Garfield could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other. • Dwight D. Eisenhower's nickname for his staff driver was "Private Parts." • Barack Obama can bench press 200 pounds.
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ISBN/EAN | 9780399537431 |
Auteur | Stephen (Stephen Spignesi) Spignesi |
Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
Taal | Engels |
Uitvoering | Paperback / gebrocheerd |
Pagina's | 288 |
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