Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians Contributor(s): Merry, Robert W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1451625421 ISBN-13: 9781451625424 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State |
Dewey: 973.009 |
LCCN: 2011039883 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The author of the acclaimed biography of President James Polk offers a fresh, playful, and challenging way of playing America's favorite game--by pitching historians' views and subsequent experts' polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents' own contemporaries. Robert W. Merry presents a fresh, playful, and challenging way of playing America's favorite game, "Rating the Presidents," by pitching historian's views and experts' polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents' contemporaries. |
Contributor Bio(s): Merry, Robert W.: - Robert Merry is the editor of The National Interest. He has been a Washington correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and the executive editor of the Congressional Quarterly. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The National Review, The American Spectator, and The National Interest. He has appeared on Meet the Press, Face the Nation, Newsmakers, and many other programs. The author of McKinley, he lives in McLean, Virginia. |