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Series

Pub. Date

1986

Lexile measure

1020L

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the Virginia surveyor, soldier, and plantation owner who became the first president of the United States.

2) James Madison: fourth president of the United States

Author

Clinton, Susan

Series

Pub. Date

1986

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Recounts the story of America's fourth president, known as the Father of the Constitution, describing his early life in Virginia and his many years of service in public office.

3) John Adams: second president of the United States

Author

Brill, Marlene Targ

Series

Pub. Date

1986

Lexile measure

980L

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the outspoken, decisive man who served the United States in many ways, including as its President.

4) Thomas Jefferson: third president of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1986

Physical Desc

99 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the tall red-headed Virginian, from his early education and involvement in the American Revolution to his activities as the nation's third president and last years at Monticello.

5) Andrew Jackson

Author

Osinski, Alice

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Lexile measure

1020L

Physical Desc

99 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the rowdy "Hero of New Orleans" from his backwoods beginnings through his military career to his term as seventh president of the United States.

6) Dwight D. Eisenhower: thirty-fourth president of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Recounts the life of the general who led Allied troops to victory in World War II and became thirty-fourth president of the United States.

7) Franklin D. Roosevelt: thirty-second president of the United States

Author

Osinski, Alice

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Follows the life and career of America's thirty-second president, who led the country through the Depression and was elected to four terms in the White House.

8) Harry S. Truman

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life and political career of the statesman from Missouri who became president of the United States following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.

9) James A. Garfield: twentieth president of the United States

Author

Lillegard, Dee

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Fitz-Gerald, Christine Maloney

A biography of the twentieth president of the United States, the last President to be born in a log cabin.

10) James Monroe: fifth President of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

The life and long political career of the fifth president of the United States whose Monroe Doctrine proclaimed opposition to further European control in the western hemisphere.

11) John F. Kennedy: thirty-fifth President of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

99 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Chronicles the life and tragic death of the man who championed foreign relations, civil rights, and space exploration as the thirty-fifth president of the United States.

12) John Quincy Adams: sixth president of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the sixth president, who continued the family dedication to public service begun by his father, the second president of the United States.

13) John Tyler: tenth president of the United States

Author

Lillegard, Dee

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A biography of the Virginian who became tenth president of the United States upon the death of William Henry Harrison.

14) Lyndon B. Johnson: thirty-sixth President of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Surveys the life of the Texas politician who became America's thirty-sixth president and faced great public controversy during the war in Vietnam.

15) Martin Van Buren: eighth President of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Fitz-Gerald, Christine Maloney

Examines the life of the lawyer politician who became the eighth president of the United States and led the country through its first serious depression.

16) William Henry Harrison: ninth president of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

17) Abraham Lincoln: sixteenth president of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1988

Lexile measure

1020L

Physical Desc

97 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traces the life of the frontier clerk, storekeeper, lawyer, politician, and Civil War President.

18) Calvin Coolidge: thirtieth president of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the early life, education, and political career of the president who earned the nickname "Silent Cal."

19) Franklin Pierce: fourteenth president of the United States

Author

Simon, Charnan

Series

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Examines the life of the New Hampshire politician who became the fourteenth president of the United States and fought for strong states' rights and less federal authority.

20) Grover Cleveland: twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States

Author

Series

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

98 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description