First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama
Autor Joshua Kendallen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 mai 2016
Every
president
has
had
some
experience
as
a
parent.
Of
the
43
men
who
have
served
in
the
nation's
highest
office,
38
have
fathered
biological
children
and
the
other
five
adopted
children.
Each
president's
parenting
style
reveals
much
about
his
beliefs
as
well
as
his
psychological
make-up.
James
Garfield
enjoyed
jumping
on
the
bed
with
his
kids.
FDR's
children,
on
the
other
hand,
had
to
make
appointments
to
talk
to
him.
In
a
lively
narrative,
based
on
research
in
archives
around
the
country,
Kendall
shows
presidential
character
in
action.
Readers
will
learn
which
type
of
parent
might
be
best
suited
to
leading
the
American
people
and,
finally,
how
the
fathering
experiences
of
our
presidents
have
forever
changed
the
course
of
American
history.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455551958
ISBN-10: 1455551953
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1455551953
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
Notă biografică
Joshua
C.
Kendall
is
the
author
ofThe
Man
Who
Made
Lists,
about
the
creation
ofRoget's
Thesaurus,
andThe
Forgotten
Founding
Father,
a
biography
of
Noah
Webster,
the
lexicographer
responsible
forWebster's
Dictionary.
He
is
also
an
award-winning
journalist,
with
work
in
theWall
Street
Journal,Los
Angeles
Times,New
York
Times,Psychology
Today,andBusinessWeek,
among
other
publications.
He
is
an
Associate
Fellow
of
Yale's
Trumbull
College.
Recenzii
"The
conflict
between
work
and
family
is
the
American
story,
but
it
is
nowhere
else
so
complex
as
it
is
when
the
job
is
the
presidency.
InFirst
Dads,
Joshua
Kendall
gives
us
a
window
into
the
many
challenges
the
role
includes,
and
shows
how
some
men
have
succeeded
in
balancing
love
of
family
and
love
of
country,
while
others
have
tripped
over
the
joint
role.
It
is
an
engaging
book,
presenting
the
most
human
face
that
can
be
given
to
great
power."—Andrew
Solomon,
National
Book
Award-winning
author
of
Far
from
the
Tree:
Parents,
Children,
and
the
Search
for
Identity
"Joshua Kendall'sFirst Dadsvividly brings the personal histories of the presidents to life from a new angle - their experiences as fathers. With meticulous research, he draws connections between presidential parenting styles and governing policies.First Dadsis a fresh and engaging take."—Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author of April 1865: The Month That Saved America and 1944: FDR and the Year that Changed History
"Engaging...Kendall writes movingly and effectively about the parenting skills of the 43 men who have served as president."—USA Today (3 1/2 stars)
"Anecdote-packed...Provides delightful peeks at life inside the White House...Kendall is good at linking a president's strengths or failures as a parent to his success or failure at governing...FIRST DADS provides a valuable reminder that while an American president may have the clout to launch spaceships and end world wars, that doesn't mean he can get his children to behave, be happy or even return his phone calls. In fact, when it comes to parenthood--that great, humbling equalizer--the most intelligent and powerful men on earth seem to flounder and fail even more than the rest of us."—New York Times Book Review
"In FIRST DADS, Joshua Kendall opens a window into the inner lives of our presidents in ways that tell us a lot about both their approach to parenting and their approach to the presidency. The view is often moving and always illuminating."—The Washington Times
"Kendall takes readers behind the scenes to reveal their private parenting techniques, using interviews, letters, and diaries to access a world that few have seen...Kendall's research puts all the presidents and their parenting practices in perspective, giving readers great insight into these men and their children. Rich in detail, this informative book gives new understanding to our nation's leaders and their offspring."—Kirkus Reviews
"Fascinating...This inspiring title is likely to appeal to many different readers. History buffs, U.S. presidential scholars, and Dad on Father's Day will all relish this walk though time and the shared experience of parenting."—Library Journal
"What kind of a father is a man? The question is so basic and potentially revealing of character, yet most presidential biographers barely discuss it. With insight, grace, and wit, Josh Kendall delves deeply into the fascinating and often fraught relationships of presidents and their progeny. An illuminating and highly readable book."—Evan Thomas, New York Times bestselling author Being Nixon and Ike's Bluff
"Josh Kendall'sFirst Dadsis a fascinating look at how U.S. presidents were influenced-for better or worse-by their experiences as a father. Kendall has a gift for writing lively anecdotes, which keeps his narrative hopping. It's an indispensable book...Highly recommended!"—Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Cronkite and The Wilderness Warrior
"Joshua Kendall'sFirst Dadsis a comprehensive and always entertaining guide to a little noticed aspect of the American presidency-the family lives of our founding and presiding fathers. Based on extensive research, including interviews with surviving daughters and sons, which reveals a link between parenting and governing styles, First Dads is bound to influence the conversation during this election year. In our age of helicopter parenting, it's both refreshing and instructive to follow Kendall's parade of presidential dads who often coaxed their kids to march to the beat of their own unbridled ambitions."—Megan Marshall, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life
"From George Washington onward, Americans have treated our presidents as a kind of national father figure, but rarely have we looked at them as actual fathers. In First Dads, Joshua Kendall shows how the parenting styles of the presidents reveal hidden aspects of their public characters and political decision-making, and offers intriguing insights into the complex relationships between family life and the pursuit of power."—Debby Applegate, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
"Joshua Kendall's First Dads gives us a unique glimpse into the usually secretive lives of presidents and their children. Here you will discover that John Tyler cut seven children out of his will. And that John Quincy Adams was a "tiger dad" obsessed with pushing his children to greatness. And that Truman doted on his daughter Margaret. Fascinating stuff."—Paul Raeburn, author of Do Fathers Matter? and The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting
"Here, for the first time is a fast-paced narrative concentrating on the presidents, their politics and their parenting.First Dadsoftentimes is compelling in its accounts of the sometimes heroic and sometimes destructive behavior of the presidents and their families."—Irwin F. Gellman, author of The President and the Apprentice
"The insights into the presidents' lives (not to mention the dollops of gossip) will hold readers' interest."—Booklist
"Joshua Kendall'sFirst Dadsvividly brings the personal histories of the presidents to life from a new angle - their experiences as fathers. With meticulous research, he draws connections between presidential parenting styles and governing policies.First Dadsis a fresh and engaging take."—Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author of April 1865: The Month That Saved America and 1944: FDR and the Year that Changed History
"Engaging...Kendall writes movingly and effectively about the parenting skills of the 43 men who have served as president."—USA Today (3 1/2 stars)
"Anecdote-packed...Provides delightful peeks at life inside the White House...Kendall is good at linking a president's strengths or failures as a parent to his success or failure at governing...FIRST DADS provides a valuable reminder that while an American president may have the clout to launch spaceships and end world wars, that doesn't mean he can get his children to behave, be happy or even return his phone calls. In fact, when it comes to parenthood--that great, humbling equalizer--the most intelligent and powerful men on earth seem to flounder and fail even more than the rest of us."—New York Times Book Review
"In FIRST DADS, Joshua Kendall opens a window into the inner lives of our presidents in ways that tell us a lot about both their approach to parenting and their approach to the presidency. The view is often moving and always illuminating."—The Washington Times
"Kendall takes readers behind the scenes to reveal their private parenting techniques, using interviews, letters, and diaries to access a world that few have seen...Kendall's research puts all the presidents and their parenting practices in perspective, giving readers great insight into these men and their children. Rich in detail, this informative book gives new understanding to our nation's leaders and their offspring."—Kirkus Reviews
"Fascinating...This inspiring title is likely to appeal to many different readers. History buffs, U.S. presidential scholars, and Dad on Father's Day will all relish this walk though time and the shared experience of parenting."—Library Journal
"What kind of a father is a man? The question is so basic and potentially revealing of character, yet most presidential biographers barely discuss it. With insight, grace, and wit, Josh Kendall delves deeply into the fascinating and often fraught relationships of presidents and their progeny. An illuminating and highly readable book."—Evan Thomas, New York Times bestselling author Being Nixon and Ike's Bluff
"Josh Kendall'sFirst Dadsis a fascinating look at how U.S. presidents were influenced-for better or worse-by their experiences as a father. Kendall has a gift for writing lively anecdotes, which keeps his narrative hopping. It's an indispensable book...Highly recommended!"—Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Cronkite and The Wilderness Warrior
"Joshua Kendall'sFirst Dadsis a comprehensive and always entertaining guide to a little noticed aspect of the American presidency-the family lives of our founding and presiding fathers. Based on extensive research, including interviews with surviving daughters and sons, which reveals a link between parenting and governing styles, First Dads is bound to influence the conversation during this election year. In our age of helicopter parenting, it's both refreshing and instructive to follow Kendall's parade of presidential dads who often coaxed their kids to march to the beat of their own unbridled ambitions."—Megan Marshall, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life
"From George Washington onward, Americans have treated our presidents as a kind of national father figure, but rarely have we looked at them as actual fathers. In First Dads, Joshua Kendall shows how the parenting styles of the presidents reveal hidden aspects of their public characters and political decision-making, and offers intriguing insights into the complex relationships between family life and the pursuit of power."—Debby Applegate, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
"Joshua Kendall's First Dads gives us a unique glimpse into the usually secretive lives of presidents and their children. Here you will discover that John Tyler cut seven children out of his will. And that John Quincy Adams was a "tiger dad" obsessed with pushing his children to greatness. And that Truman doted on his daughter Margaret. Fascinating stuff."—Paul Raeburn, author of Do Fathers Matter? and The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting
"Here, for the first time is a fast-paced narrative concentrating on the presidents, their politics and their parenting.First Dadsoftentimes is compelling in its accounts of the sometimes heroic and sometimes destructive behavior of the presidents and their families."—Irwin F. Gellman, author of The President and the Apprentice
"Joshua
Kendall's
fascinating
and
magnificently
researchedFirst
Dadsfills
a
surprising
gap
in
the
study
of
presidential
leadership.
Kendall's
lively
anecdotes,
his
interviews
with
the
children
of
presidents
Lyndon
Johnson
and
Jimmy
Carter,
among
others,
and
his
archival
research
into
the
lives
of
19th
Century
presidents
like
John
Tyler
and
Grover
Cleveland
make
the
case
that
studying
how
the
presidents
have
interacted
with
their
offspring
gives
us
important
insights
into
how
they
formulate
policy."
—Will
Swift,
author
of
Pat
and
Dick:
The
Nixons:
An
Intimate
Portrait
of
a
Marriage"The insights into the presidents' lives (not to mention the dollops of gossip) will hold readers' interest."—Booklist