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The contributors to this volume examine the popular images of 22 American presidents to determine the public standing of these presidencies and consider each president in terms of his image over time.

Table of Contents

Preface George Washington by David Curtis Skaggs Thomas Jefferson by Ronald L. Hatzenbuehler Andrew Jackson by John J. Reed Abraham Lincoln by L. Gerald Bursey Rutherford B. Hayes by Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. Grover Cleveland by Vincent P. De Santis William McKinley by John S. Latcham Theodore Roosevelt by David C. Roller William Howard Taft by Emil Dansker Woodrow Wilson by Marie Natoli Warren Gamaliel Harding by David H. Jennings Calvin Coolidge by Malcolm Cross Herbert Hoover by William C. Spragens and Linda J. Lear Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Robert E. Gilbert Harry Truman by Bernard Sternsher Dwight D. Eisenhower by R. Gordon Hoxie John F. Kennedy by William C. Spragens Lyndon B. Johnson by William C. Spragens and Melinda Swan Richard M. Nixon by Frank Kessler Gerald Ford by William C. Spragens Jimmy Carter by Dennis M. Anderson Ronald Reagan by Dennis M. Anderson Cycles in the Public Perception of Presidents by Kim Ezra Shienbaum and William C. Spragens Bibliography Index

About the Author

WILLIAM C. SPRAGENS is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where he taught from 1969 to 1986.