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04345cam a2200505 a 4500 001 135CA0542B0411DE8B76D107A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200828010432 008 030214s2003 nyua b 000 0deng 010 $a 2003044457 020 $a 9780142001929 (pbk.) 020 $a 0142001929 (pbk.) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OUB $d IWV $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E179 $b .F3 2003 082 00 $a 973/.09/9 $2 21 100 1 $a Farquhar, Michael. 245 1 $a A treasury of great American scandals : $b tantalizing true tales of historic misbehavior by the founding fathers and others who let freedom swing / $c Michael Farquhar. 260 $a New York : $b Penguin Books, $c 2003. 300 $a xi, 323 p. : $b ill. ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-321) 505 00 $t Acknowledgments. $g appendix 2. $t Family ties that bind ... and gag -- $g 1. $t Prepare for a shock -- $g 2. $t Mother Mary, quite contrary -- $g 3. $t Foundering father -- $g 4. $t I now pronounce you miserable -- $g 5. $t Dishonor thy mother -- $g 6. $t A short, ugly story -- $g 7. $t With this ring, I thee dread -- $g 8. $t Smother-in-law -- $g 9. $t One bad apple tree -- $g 10. $t Oh, brother! -- $g pt. 2. $t Cold wars -- $g 1. $t Feuding founding fathers -- $g 2. $t Showdown at Weehawken -- $g 3. $t Giving the Devil his duel -- $g 4. $t Overreaction Jackson -- $g 5. "The $t Eaton malaria" -- $g 6. $t A not so civil war -- $g 7. $t When "Mush" came to shove -- $g 8. $t "I'd rather vote for Hitler" -- $g 9. $t General dissatisfaction -- $g 10. $t LBJ vs. RFK -- $g pt. 3. $t Hail to the chaff -- $g 1. $t Zachary Taylor -- $g 2. $t Franklin Pierce -- $g 3. $t James Buchanan -- $g 4. $t Andrew Johnson -- $g 5. $t Ulysses S. Grant -- $g 6. $t Grover Cleveland -- $g 7. $t William McKinley -- $g 8. $t William Howard Taft -- $g 9. $t Woodrow Wilson - $g 10. $t John Tyler -- $g pt. 4. $t Congressional follies -- $g 1. $t Floor fights -- $g 2. $t Sexcapades -- $g pt. 5. $t Cruel campaigns -- $g 1. $t "One continued tempest of malignant passions" -- $g 2. $t "May God Almighty forgive her murderers" -- $g 3. "A $t horrid looking wretch he is" -- $g 4. $t "Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa?" -- $g pt. 6. $t The American Hall of Shame -- $g 1. $t Benedict Arnold : hero, traiter, whiner -- $g 2. $t Aaron Burr : "Embryo-Caeser" -- $g 3. $t Roger Taney : one mean supreme -- $g 4. $t Henry Wirz : manufactured monster -- $g 5. $t A. Mitchell Palmer : seeing red -- $g 6. $t Warren G. Harding : nice guy finishes last -- $g 7. $t Joe McCarthy : Wisconsin sleaze -- $g 8. t J. Edgar Hoover : what a drag -- $g 9. $t Richard Nixon : say what? -- $g pt. 7. $t Murder, madness, and just plain strange episodes -- $g 1. $t Bewitched -- $g 2. $t The man who would be queen -- $g 3. $t Cellar dweller -- $g 4. $t Explorer off course -- $g 5. $t The case of the cuckholded congressman -- $g 6. $t The other assassinations -- $g pt. 8. $t Remains to be seen -- $g 1. $t Boiling "Mad" 00 $g 2. $t Tom Paine's farewell tour -- $g 3. $t Abe Lincoln's indecent exposure -- $g 4. $t The "resurrection" of John Scott Harrison -- $g 5. $t John Paul Jones : pickled in Paris -- $g appendix 1. $t Presidents of the United States -- $g appendix 2. $t A brief history of the United States (through 1980) -- $t Select bibliography -- $t Acknowledgments. 650 0 $a Scandals $z United States $x History $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a United States $x History $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Founding Fathers of the United States $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Statesmen $z United States $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Politicians $z United States $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2003044457-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2003044457-d.html 941 $a 12 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430011840.0 952 $l AWPD207 $d 20230209011133.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722013104.0 952 $l PFPC906 $d 20200117010926.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107041751.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720020355.0 952 $l VSSX062 $d 20170603013517.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20161202011653.0 952 $l SRPA104 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PZPA094 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KCSX145 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=135CA0542B0411DE8B76D107A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search