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Author:

Farquhar, Michael.

Title:

A treasury of great American scandals : tantalizing true tales of historic misbehavior by the founding fathers and others who let freedom swing / Michael Farquhar.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xi, 323 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Scandals--United States--History--Anecdotes.
United States--History--Anecdotes.
United States--Politics and government--Anecdotes.
Founding Fathers of the United States--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
Statesmen--United States--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.
Politicians--United States--Anecdotes.--Anecdotes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-321)

Contents:

Acknowledgments. appendix 2. Family ties that bind ... and gag -- 1. Prepare for a shock -- 2. Mother Mary, quite contrary -- 3. Foundering father -- 4. I now pronounce you miserable -- 5. Dishonor thy mother -- 6. A short, ugly story -- 7. With this ring, I thee dread -- 8. Smother-in-law -- 9. One bad apple tree -- 10. Oh, brother! -- pt. 2. Cold wars -- 1. Feuding founding fathers -- 2. Showdown at Weehawken -- 3. Giving the Devil his duel -- 4. Overreaction Jackson -- 5. "The Eaton malaria" -- 6. A not so civil war -- 7. When "Mush" came to shove -- 8. "I'd rather vote for Hitler" -- 9. General dissatisfaction -- 10. LBJ vs. RFK -- pt. 3. Hail to the chaff -- 1. Zachary Taylor -- 2. Franklin Pierce -- 3. James Buchanan -- 4. Andrew Johnson -- 5. Ulysses S. Grant -- 6. Grover Cleveland -- 7. William McKinley -- 8. William Howard Taft -- 9. Woodrow Wilson - 10. John Tyler -- pt. 4. Congressional follies -- 1. Floor fights -- 2. Sexcapades -- pt. 5. Cruel campaigns -- 1. "One continued tempest of malignant passions" -- 2. "May God Almighty forgive her murderers" -- 3. "A horrid looking wretch he is" -- 4. "Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa?" -- pt. 6. The American Hall of Shame -- 1. Benedict Arnold : hero, traiter, whiner -- 2. Aaron Burr : "Embryo-Caeser" -- 3. Roger Taney : one mean supreme -- 4. Henry Wirz : manufactured monster -- 5. A. Mitchell Palmer : seeing red -- 6. Warren G. Harding : nice guy finishes last -- 7. Joe McCarthy : Wisconsin sleaze -- 8. t J. Edgar Hoover : what a drag -- 9. Richard Nixon : say what? -- pt. 7. Murder, madness, and just plain strange episodes -- 1. Bewitched -- 2. The man who would be queen -- 3. Cellar dweller -- 4. Explorer off course -- 5. The case of the cuckholded congressman -- 6. The other assassinations -- pt. 8. Remains to be seen -- 1. Boiling "Mad" 00 2. Tom Paine's farewell tour -- 3. Abe Lincoln's indecent exposure -- 4. The "resurrection" of John Scott Harrison -- 5. John Paul Jones : pickled in Paris -- appendix 1. Presidents of the United States -- appendix 2. A brief history of the United States (through 1980) -- Select bibliography -- Acknowledgments.

ISBN:

9780142001929 (pbk.)
0142001929 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2003044457

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