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Grover Cleveland's Rubber Jaw: And Other Unusual, Unexpected, Unbelievable but All-True Facts About America's Presidents Original edition
Spignesi, Stephen (Stephen Spignesi)
Grover Cleveland's Rubber Jaw: And Other Unusual, Unexpected, Unbelievable but All-True Facts About America's Presidents Original edition
Spignesi, Stephen (Stephen Spignesi)
From George Washington to Barack Obama, this collection of weird and wild?but true!?facts will show you a whole other side of our nation?s leaders:
- Andrew Jackson was married to a bigamist.
- Martin Van Buren wore pistols in the Senate chamber in case things got too rowdy.
- Franklin Pierce ran over a woman with his horse while in office and was arrested, but was released when the police realized he was the president.
- James Garfield could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower?s nickname for his staff driver was ?Private Parts.?
- Barack Obama can bench press 200 pounds.
288 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 1, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780399537431 |
Publishers | Penguin Putnam Inc |
Pages | 288 |
Dimensions | 114 × 203 × 216 mm · 226 g |
Language | English |