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Presidents and Their Books

What They Read & Wrote; From the Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane

Susan Jaffe Tane author Natalie Flaxman author Spencer Flaxman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Grolier Club of New York

Published:29th Aug '23

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A richly illustrated look at the book collections of all 46 American presidents to date—and what we can learn from them about their owners.

With a few exceptions, American presidents have been readers. This book surveys an outstanding collection by Susan Jaffe Tane that encompasses books every US president owned and collected as a part of their personal libraries, as well as books they wrote. From a 1793 Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan that once belonged to George Washington, to Promise me, Dad, a 2017 memoir by Joe Biden, these books provide an intimate glimpse into the lives of our presidents and offer insight into their private personalities and, consequently, their political personae.
 

ISBN: 9781605831060

Dimensions: 279mm x 203mm x 15mm

Weight: 626g

104 pages