The Forty-Three Presidents

<p>Harry Truman may have only slightly overstated the matter when he said The presidents made the highlights of American history and when you tell about them you've got it.</p> <p>We can in fact learn a tremendous amount about the world in which we live by studying the forty-three presidents including what they said to and about each other. </p> <p>Nero James Pruitt tackles the task explaining why we should care that Sen. John Quincy Adams played chess with Secretary of State James Madison in 1803; why future war heroes and presidents Gerald Ford and John F. Kennedy supported the isolationist America First committee in the 1940s; and why diplomats John Adams and Thomas Jefferson could bond in a way that modern diplomats cannot.</p> <p>He also shares fascinating facts and stories such as the humorous tale of President James K. Polk hanging a portrait of Andrew Jackson in his office. Polk wrote to his friend The contrast between your appearance then and now is very great. </p> <p>Gain a deeper appreciation of what makes the United States so special by studying the fascinating connections between <I>The Forty-Three Presidents</I>.</p>