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Author:

Brower, Kate Andersen, author. 821575

Title:

First in line [Lg. print] : presidents, vice presidents, and the pursuit of power / Kate Andersen Brower.

Format:

[Lg. print] :

Edition:

Center Point Large Print edition.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

511 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Vice-Presidents--United States--History--20th century.
Vice-Presidents--United States--History--21st century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
Large type books.

Notes:

Regular print version previously published by: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-510).

Contents:

"Safe hands" -- You're a guest in my house -- Two men, two hotel suites -- The art of the vet -- The observatory -- The Second Lady -- Tragedy and trauma -- From Senator to subordinate: the story of Nixon/Eisenhower, Johnson/Kennedy, and Humphrey/Johnson -- Confusion, conflict, and musical chairs: the rocky road of Agnew/Nixon, Ford/Nixon, and Rockefeller/Ford -- Getting to know you...or not: Mondale/Carter, Bush/Reagan, and Quayle/Bush -- From friendship to betrayal: the breakup of Al Gore and Bill Clinton -- The shadow president: Cheney and his sidekick Bush -- Fanboy: the love story of Joe and Barack -- Man on a wire: Mike Pence's tightrope act -- A heartbeat away.

Summary:

"An intimate, news-making look at the men who are next in line to the most powerful office in the world--the vice presidents of the modern era--from Richard Nixon to Joe Biden to Mike Pence. Vice presidents occupy a unique and important position, living partway in the spotlight and part in the wings. Of the forty-eight vice presidents who have served the United States, fourteen have become president; eight of these have risen to the Oval Office because of a president's death or assassination, and one became president after his boss's resignation. In interviews with more than two hundred people, including former vice presidents, their family members, and insiders and confidants of every president since Jimmy Carter, Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain and reveals the sometimes cold, sometimes close, and always complicated relationship between our modern presidents and their vice presidents. This rich dynamic between the president and the vice president has never been fully explored or understood. Compelling and deeply reported, grounded in history and politics, and full of previously untold and incredibly personal stories, First In Line pierces the veil of secrecy enveloping this historic political office to offer us a candid portrait of what it's truly like to be a heartbeat away."--provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1643580493
9781643580494

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1066135231

LCCN:

2018045431

Locations:

WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

KIPB845 -- Hospers Public Library (Hospers)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

TVPD862 -- Louise & Lucile Hink -Tama Public Library (Tama)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)