A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing [SIGNED]

Farquhar, Michael

Verlag: Penguin Books, New York, 2003

Beschreibung

Fine unread condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes About the Author; Dedication; Introduction; Appendix I: Presidents of the United States; Appendix II: A Brief History of the United States (through 1980); Select Bibliography; and Acknowledgments. The upper left front cover contains a triangular "Autographed Copy" sticker. The book is signed by the author under his printed name on the full title page. "A biting (and bipartisan) guide to the men and women who, in spite of bad behavior, bad genes, or bad luck, built our great nation. In our present era of tawdry sex scandals and cheap political shots, as we cling to our sense of patriotism and our national unity soars, we long for the good old days of good old-fashioned American values; a more dignified, genteel time, when honor and decency were prized above all. Alas, a history lesson is in order. From squabbles and feuds to vicious smear campaigns and duels, A Treasure of Great American Scandals presents our mythic founding fathers and other heroes in the course of their all-too-human events. Ineffectual presidents, lazy generals, traitors, treacherous fathers, nagging mothers, ungrateful children, embarrassing siblings; and tales of insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex. We can take comfort in the fact that we are no worse and no better than our forebears. But we do have better media coverage. In these pages: A complete listing of Presidential administrations! A Brief history of the United States, including scandals! The American Hall of Shame!" - from the rear outer cover. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004735

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Treasury of Great American Scandals: ...

Verlag: Penguin Books, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2003

Einband: Soft cover

Illustrator: Serra, Rosanne (cover design); de Seve, Peter (cover illustration)

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)