Leonard Benardo, Jennifer Weiss "Citizen-in-Chief: The Second Lives of the American Presidents"
William Morrow | 2009-02-01 | ISBN: 0061244961 | 370 pages | PDF | 2 MB
William Morrow | 2009-02-01 | ISBN: 0061244961 | 370 pages | PDF | 2 MB
"The American presidency . . . is merely a way station en route to the blessed condition of being an ex-president."
—John Updike
The presidency is a captivating concept in the hearts and minds of the American people. Part commander-in-chief, part national symbol, the role of president of the United States of America has been studied and commemorated by a rich trove of literature—in fiction and nonfiction, in serious political analysis and lighthearted satire. Yet despite the vast scholarship available, the lives of our presidents after leaving office remain remarkably unprobed. In Citizen-in-Chief, Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss reveal that the true stories of these great leaders, whose quest for power brought them to the countrys highest office, are rarely complete once they leave the White House.