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Secret lives of the U.S. presidents: strange stories and shocking trivia from inside the White House

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This updated and redesigned edition of Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of our commanders in chiefcomplete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. Youll discover that: Teddy Roosevelt was blinded in a White House boxing match John Quincy Adams loved to skinny-dip in the Potomac River Gerald Ford once worked as a Cosmopolitan magazine cover model Warren G. Harding gambled with White House china when he ran low on cash Jimmy Carter reported a UFO sighting in Georgia With chapters on everyone from George Washington to President #45, whoever he (or she!) may be, Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: Which president claimed that God struck down Abraham Lincoln on purpose? How many of these folks were cheating on their spouses? And are there really secret tunnels underneath the White House? American history was never this much fun in school!
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Secret lives of the U.S. presidents : strange stories and shocking trivia from inside the White House
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Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents Strange Stories and Shocking Trivia from Inside the White House
Secret lives of the U.S. presidents : strange stories and shocking trivia from inside the White House / Cormac O'Brien ; illustrations by Eugene Smith
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