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John Tyler

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914143

This biography introduces young readers to the life of John Tyler, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Tyler's administration including his opposition to the national bank, Second Seminole War, and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Theodore Roosevelt

Tamara L. Britton (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914099

This biography introduces readers to Theodore Roosevelt, including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including the building of the Panama Canal, creating the Department of Commerce and Labor, and winning the Nobel Prize. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

William Taft

BreAnn Rumsch (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914105

This biography introduces readers to William Taft, including his early political career and key events from Taft's administration including forming the US Children's Bureau and Arizona and New Mexico becoming states. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Zachary Taylor

Heidi Elston (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914112

This biography introduces readers to Zachary Taylor, including his long military service and key events from Taylor's administration including the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the national debate over slavery. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914082

This biography introduces readers to Franklin D. Roosevelt, including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and Pearl Harbor. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

James K. Polk

BreAnn Rumsch (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914068

This biography introduces readers to James K. Polk, including his early political career and key events from Polk's administration including the Oregon Treaty, the Mexican War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Ronald Reagan

Tamara L. Britton (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914075

This biography introduces readers to Ronald Reagan, including his early political career and key events from Reagan's administration including the Reagan Revolution and the Cold War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Barack Obama

Tamara L. Britton (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914044

This biography introduces readers to Barack Obama, including his early political career and key events from Obama's administration including the Affordable Care Act and the Clean Power Plan. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Franklin Pierce

BreAnn Rumsch (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914051

This biography introduces readers to the life of Franklin Pierce, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Pierce's administration including the Gadsden Purchase, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

James Monroe

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914020

This biography introduces readers to James Monroe, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Monroe's administration including the Monroe Doctrine. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Richard Nixon

Tamara L. Britton (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914037

This biography introduces readers to Richard Nixon, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Nixon's administration including his debates with John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and his resignation. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Abraham Lincoln

BreAnn Rumsch (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913993

This biography introduces readers to Abraham Lincoln, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Lincoln's administration including the American Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

William McKinley

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384914013

This biography introduces readers to William McKinley, including his early political career and key events from McKinley's administration including the Spanish-American War, the expansion of US territory to include the Hawaiian Islands, and his assassination by Leon F. Czolgosz. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

John F. Kennedy

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913986

This biography introduces readers to John F. Kennedy, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Kennedy's administration including the Cold War, space race, Bay of Pigs invasion, and Cuban missile crisis. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913979

This biography introduces readers to the life of Lyndon B. Johnson, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including the Civil Rights Act, the Vietnam War, and the space race. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Andrew Jackson

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913948

This biography introduces readers to Andrew Jackson, including his military service, early political career, and key events from Jackson's administration including the Indian Removal Act and his opposition to the Bank of the United States. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Thomas Jefferson

Heidi Elston (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913955

This biography introduces readers to Thomas Jefferson, including his early political career and key events from Jefferson's administration including the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Andrew Johnson

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913962

This biography introduces readers to Andrew Johnson, including his career as a tailor, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act, the Fourteenth Amendment, and Johnson's impeachment. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Herbert Hoover

BreAnn Rumsch (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913931

This biography introduces readers to Herbert Hoover, including his early career as a geology engineer, his early political career, and key events from Hoover's administration including the Great Depression. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

William H. Harrison

Heidi Elston (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913917

This biography introduces readers to William H. Harrison, including his military service during the War of 1812; his early political career as governor of Indiana Territory, US congressman, and Ohio state senator; and Harrison's term that was the shortest presidency in US history. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Rutherford B. Hayes

BreAnn Rumsch (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913924

This biography introduces readers to Rutherford B. Hayes, including his early political career and key events from Hayes's administration including civil service reforms, the end of Reconstruction, and the passage of the Bland-Allison Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Ulysses S. Grant

BreAnn Rumsch (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913887

This biography introduces readers Ulysses S. Grant, including his military service and key events from Grant's administration including several scandals and the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Warren G. Harding

Heidi Elston (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913894

This biography introduces readers to Warren G. Harding, including his early political career and key events from Harding's administration including the Teapot Dome scandal. Information about his childhood, family and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Benjamin Harrison

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913900

This biography introduces readers to Benjamin Harrison, including his early political career and key events from Harrison's administration including the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.

Gerald Ford

Megan M. Gunderson (author)

Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9798384913863

This biography introduces readers to Gerald Ford, including his early political career and key events from Ford's administration including the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.