The Raising of a President: The Mothers and Fathers of Our Nation's Leaders
The Mothers and Fathers of Our Nation's Leaders
$59.70
- Paperback
534 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2006
Summary
Our greatest presidents have entered the Oval Office armed with overwhelming ambition, intellect, and ideals. But were these characteristics evident in youth? What are the family circumstances that have created our presidents? How did their upbringing shape their future — and ours?
In "The Raising of a President," bestselling author Doug Wead goes where no presidential biographer has gone before: straight to the childhood homes of America‘s greatest leaders…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743497275 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743497279 |
| Author: | Doug Wead |
| Publisher: | Atria Books |
| Imprint: | Atria Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 534 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 156mm x 236mm |
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Critics Review
“Superb…. A long-awaited study of a difficult subject often hidden by presidents and their families. It is a piece of American history that solves many mysteries.”
– Steven Lee Carson, chairman, White House Conference on Presidential Children “Epic! A remarkable perspective….One sees the American presidents through a more intimate lens.”
– Peter Schweizer, coauthor of The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty
Doug Wead
Doug Wead is a former special assistant to President George H. W. Bush and is now a prominent corporate and university campus speaker. A cofounder of the relief organization Mercy Corps and author of twenty-seven books, including the “New York Times” bestseller “All the Presidents’ Children, ” he lives near Washington, D.C., with his family. Visit his websites at and
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