Search Results: History of the Presidents of the United States from Elk Creek Heritage Books

A John Macrae Book, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition; complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. * From the book: ""Whitewater, the media target before Bill Clinton's sex life came into focus, is seen for what it was: a venture in land speculation that fell victim to mismanagement and high interest rates. Lies and cover-ups were then the inevitable result. Vintage political history, Arkansas Mischief is a southern tragedy with lessons for us all.""

New Yoirk: Simon and Schuster, 2020. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 3rd Printing Stated First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition June 2020. Third Printing per number line. Hard cover in fine condition mustard colored boards and black gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no markings, no writing. Contains eight leaves (16 pages) of glossy black & white and color photographs. Dust jacket in fine condition; lettering on front panel in raised letters; not price clipped. * From the book, ""Since the 2016 election, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan has traveled to five countries interviewing more than one hundred sources - from former housekeepers to photographers to roommates - to deliver a deep and complex account of the first lady ...."".

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No writings or other markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition; has been price clipped. * From book: ""At the heart of this book is Senator Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats - from terrorism to pandemic - that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy - where it is vital and where it must never intrude.""

Simon & Schuster, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. Contains black and white photos. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. * Jimmy Carter: ""In a television interview on my seventieth birthday, Barbara Walters asked, 'Mr. President, looking back on your time as a submarine officer, a farmer and businessman, as governor, and in Washington, what has been the best of all?' Not having been asked this question before, I thought before replying, 'By far, my best years are those I'm enjoying now, since Rosalynn and I left the White House.' ""

U.S.A.: Random House, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated First Edition with number indicating second printing. Hard cover in very good condtion. Navy boards and navy spine with copper colored spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with hint of rubbing on front and back along the vertical line underneath where the spine cloth meets the boards. Not price clipped.. 784 numbered pages. Concludes with section of Notes to the Chapters, Bibliography, and an Index. * From the front dust jacket flap, ""Bill Clinton, forty-second president of the United States, is the quintessential baby boomer: on the one hand blessed with a near-genius IQ, on the other, beset by character flaws that made his presidency a veritable soap opera of high ideals, distressing incompetence, model financial stewardship, and domestic misbehavior. In an era of cultural civil war, the Clinton administration fed the public an almost daily diet of… Read More

NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. There is a very light scar/abrasion on back of fly leaf as if a sticker had been removed. No other markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the book, ""Sex, money, power, lies and scandal. Each has played a role in the making and unmaking of the Clinton legacy. Yet whatever the judgment of history, the continuing saga of Bill and Hillary is - above all else - a curious, compelling, and uniquely American love story.""

West Palm Beach, FL: MewsMax.com, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Wraps glossy and uncreased. * From the book, ""This book is a scathing account of the most scandal-ridden administration in American history. Editors Christopher Ruddy and Carl Limbacher, Jr. offer new evidence about Bill Clinton's impeachment, including the incredible account of Juanita Broddrick who claims she was raped by the president. These pages contain stunning details of a secret ABC memo revealing documents about the president that were kept hidden from the public and Congress. You'll read the real story about Chinagate, and how, without question, Bill Clinton and Al Gore traded America's Military secrets to China - including our latest nuclear developments - for campaign cash.""

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing First Edition, Second Printing. Same date on Title Page and Copyright Page. Number line D 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 . Hard cover in very good condition with maroon boards and gold gilt lettering on spine and front board. Light tan colored end papers. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition with light shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the book, ""... in this informed and compassionate book, President Carter offers readers an overview of the political, religious, and ethnic conflicts that have fragmented the Middle East, presenting each country's perspective and involvement in both historic and current contexts.""

Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the book, ""No one has done more to unearth the truth about Bill Clinton's character and career than R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., and his magazine, The American Spectator. Now, Tyrrell draws all the known facts about Clinton - plus many never before revealed - into the most comprehensive and illuminating biography ever written about a sitting U. S. president. And he draws together the overwhelming evidence - enough to convict any lesser citizen - that the Clintons are guilty of tax fraud, obstruction of justice and lying to government agencies.""

NY: A Touchstone Book, 1996. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover in good condition. Text block clean and tight but for a remainder mark on bottom of text block. No other markings noted. Glossy wraps with a crease to the front cover. Papers beginning to show mellow age toning. Contains a section of black and white photographs. * From the book, ""The intimacy and detail of this book render human the 1996 race for the White House, showing its personal toll on the candidates and their wives. .... also exposes how political money, public opinion polling, attach advertising, handlers, consultants, and staff too often drive modern presidential policies. It is the essential story of the nation's most intense political drama. ""Bill Clinton against Bob Dole' is an epic struggle for power.The book is not only worth reading, it is entertaining.""

Prentice Hall Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Second Edition per number line. On Title page: Special Armed Forces Edition Produced Exclusively for the Marine Corps Association. Hard cover in very good condition with navy boards, white spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. There is a long inscription to former owner written in ink on front free end paper. Otherwise, text block is clean & tight; no writings, no markings to note. Contains two sections of glossy black & white photographs. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""...an inspiring management treatise torn from the pages of Civil War history ....goes beyond mere ""how to's"" to reveal the character traits, core beliefs, and fundamental values that turn a manager into a leader, whether on the battlefield or in the boardroom .....a savvy blend of biography, history, and leadership wisdom...""

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Hard cover in fine condition with pictorial boards. Text block clean and tight; no writings; no markings noted. Has black & white and color photos and illustrations throughout, including actual letters. Size approx 10 1/2"" tall x 8 3/8"" wide; 191 numbered pages. * From the Foreword by Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, ""The 87 letters contained in this wonderful volume are but a few examples of the tens of thousands of such letters that have crossed Presidents' desks since 1789. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. And I hope that these letters inspire you to sit down and write to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and tell the President what's on your mind.""

NY: Free Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per number line which includes number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Former owner's name on Contents Page. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. * From the book, ""In the eight months since the story first broke, we have gradually seen illusions give way to reality, as finally they must. What have been revealed, through this scandal and others, are the worst elements of Bill Clinton's private and public character: reckless and irresponsible private behavior, habitual lying; abuse of power. Bill Clinton is a reproach. He has defiled the office of the Presidency of the United States.""

Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Simon and Schuster, 2018. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; appears unread. No markings noted. Contains many black & white photographs. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the book, ""Fear"" presents vivid details of the negotiations between Trump's attorneys and Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, laying out for the first time the meeting-by-meeting discussions and strategies. It discloses how senior Trump White House officials joined together to steal draft orders from the president's Oval Office desk so he would not issue directives that would jeopardize critical intelligence operations. ""It was no less than an administrative coup d'etat,"" Woodward writes, ""a nervous breakdown of the executive power of the most powerful country in the world.""

Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. The letters JC are written at top of the front fly leaf. No other markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition with a ghost of shelf & edge wear and a quarter inch of plasticized coating lifting on corner of back cover. * Note from the Publisher on the back cover notes that book is published in Author Barbara Olson's memory. She was killed two days before the book was to be printed in the hijacked airplane flown into the Pentagon on 9/11.* From the book, ""Here's the whole shocking story of a manic Clinton White House consumed with self-enrichment, gifts, pardons, federal land grabs, and an orgy of spending and regulating. If the Clinton administration was the most corrupt in American history, here was its most obscenely corrupt moment. As even Paul Goldman of the Democratic National Committee said, ""Mr.… Read More

Black Dog & Leventhal : In Association with the Library of Congress, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per letter line with letter 'a' as is this publisher's convention for first edition identification. Hard cover in very good condition with beige boards and brown spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. First free end paper has been removed. Internal text block clean & tight; no markings, no writings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good / fine condition; no price on front flap. Black & white photographs throughout. * From the front flap, 'This collection of private letters, many of which are published here for the first time, offers an unparalleled view into the private lives, personalities, and concerns of our country's highest-ranking citizens. Within these pagesare letters that will surprise, entertain, enlighten, and move you. . . . '

NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains black & white photos throughout. 511 numbered pages. Concludes with a Chronological Bibliography, Notes to the Chapters, and a comprehensive Index. * From the book, ""First Ladies shows how seven women heightened awareness and lowered resistance to change, how they often became victims of unvalidated speculation and national tragedy. Their considerable power as unelected presidential advisers was generally underestimated. Now, in First Ladies, the balance of power is authoritatively weighed.""

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: John Daniel, Publisher, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 3rd Printing Hard cover in fine condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Test block clean and tight; no writing; no markings noted. Contains black and white photos throughout. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; no price on front flap. * From the book, "" . . . a story of faith. It is an inspiring story of how a seed of faith is planted in the life of a young man by a diligent and caring mother, how that faith blossomed and changed his life, and how, through him, that faith changed America and the entire world... Revealing how Reagan's faith complicated but also strengthened his marriage with Nancy, and showing how Regan bravely fought for school prayer, pro-life initiatives, and other controversial issues. . . .""

New Yoik: Minotaur Books, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Edition February 2013. In addition contains complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with deep maroon boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers contain a map of the ""Route of President-Elect Lincoln's Inaugural Train 1861."" Interior text block clean & tight, no writings, no markings noted. Concludes with a section of Acknowledgments, a Select Bibliography, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket in very good condition but does have a ""scar"" near top of front panel where it appears the removal of a label also removed the top layer of the paper; tiny bumps to corners of bottom edge; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""In February 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a ""clear and fully matured"" threat of assassination as he… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition and, in addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. There is very tiny stain on side text block. Contains many black and white photographs. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""William Jefferson Clinton, the forty-second President of the United States, is the greatest American enigma of our age - a dark horse who captured the White House, fell from grace, and was resurrected as a controversial elder statesman. John D. Gartner's 'In Search of Bill Clinton' unravels the mystery at the heart of Clinton's complex nature and tells the story from the fresh viewpoint of a psychologist questioning the well-crafted Clinton life story.""