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Monday, February 16, 2009

Happy President's Day

It's kind of surprising that not all of the U.S. presidents have books published under their names.  Here's the list of those who do in celebration of the holiday: 
  1. George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (Little Books of Wisdom) by George Washington
  2. Thomas Jefferson: Writings: Autobiography/Notes on the State of Virginia/public and private Papers/Addresses/Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Jefferson  (Catchy title!)
  3. James Madison: Writings 1772-1836 by James Madison
  4. Political Writings of James Monroe (Conservative Leadership Series) by James Monroe
  5. Letters on Freemasonry by John Quincy Adams
  6. Mid-American Frontier: Messages and Letters of William Henry Harrison 1800-1811 by William Henry Harrison
  7. State of The Union Address of Millard Fillmore by Millard Fillmore
  8. Calculus of Consent (Collected Works of James M Buchanan) by James Buchanan
  9. Lincoln: Speeches and Writings: 1859-1865 (Library of America) by Abraham Lincoln
  10. Personal Memoirs: Ulysses S. Grant (Modern Library War) by Ulysses S. Grant
  11. Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography (Da Capo Paperback) by Theodore Roosevelt
  12. The Rough Riders (Modern Library War) by Theodore Roosevelt
  13. The Collected Works of William Howard Taft: The President and His Power and The United States and Peace (Collected Works of W H Taft) by William Howard Taft
  14. The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century by Calvin Coolidge
  15. Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: 1945 Year of Decisions by Harry S Truman
  16. Crusade in Europe by Dwight David Eisenhower
  17. Why England Slept by John F. Kennedy
  18. Profiles in Courage by John Fitzgerald Kennedy
  19. The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969 by Lyndon B. Johnson
  20. RN: The Memoirs of RIchard Nixon by Richard Nixon
  21. A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford by Gerald R. Ford
  22. An Hour Before Daylight: Memoir of a Rural Boyhood by Jimmy Carter
  23. An American Life by Ronald Reagan
  24. All The Best, George Bush: My life and Other Writings by George Bush
  25. My Life by Bill Clinton
  26. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
  27. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
  28. Change We Can Believe in: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise by Barack Obama
  29. Barack Obama in His Own Words by Barack Obama
p.s. Sorry I didn't post a broken rejected heart this year for Valentine's Day...guess I'm just not feeling very broken hearted at the moment.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Don't forget books written by the dogs and cats of presidents.