From nine books that were awarded Pulitzer Prize in biography and six that won in history, Fischer presents excerpts describing main achievement of US presidents. Among the topics are George Washington gets inaugurated in New York, Thomas Jefferson purchases Louisiana, James Monroe outlines his famous doctrine, Andrew Jackson fights a war on US banks, Abraham Lincoln abolishes slavery, Grover Cleveland defeats the Hawaii acquisition, William McKinley faces the Boxer Rebellion, Woodrow Wilson suggests the League of Nations, Harry S. Truman attends the Potsdam Conference, and John F. Kennedy handles the Berlin crisis. He also provides biographical sketches of the authors and quotes from the Pulitzer committee on why the book was chosen. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
After George Washington was inaugurated in 1789 in New York, he visited Columbia University - the college where, close to 130 years later, the Pulitzer Prizes were established. In this book, one of Washington's biographers, Douglas S. Freeman, who earned the Pulitzer Prize, describes this remarkable event. The book also contains Pulitzer Prize-winning excerpts regarding 14 other US presidents who initiated special projects or had to manage difficult situations during their time in office. Selections from other Pulitzer Prize-winning books show how Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery, how Woodrow Wilson developed his concept of the League of Nations, how Franklin D. Roosevelt had to face the tragedy of Pearl Harbor, and how John F. Kennedy handled the Berlin crisis. (Series: Pulitzer Prize Panorama - Vol. 7)
