New Reference books trivia
September 8, 2008 - 7:35pm — debi i
Hurry up and catch up on what it's all about before election day from our new reference books.
Guide to the Presidency Ref JK516.G83 2008
Read chap 4, Rating the Presidents:
Great - Washington, Lincoln, F.D. Roosevelt
Near Great: Jefferson, T. Roosevelt Jackson, Truman, Reagan, Eisenhouwer, Polk, Wilson
Above average: Cleveland, J. Adams, McKinley, Madison, Monroe, L. Johnson, Kennedy
Failure: A. Johnson, Pierce, Harding, Buchanan
Below average: B Harrison, Ford, Hoover, Carter, Taylor, Grant, Nixon, Tyler
The remainder are just "average".
AND:
Watch out for "trackers" - defined in:Safire's Political Dictionary JK9.S2 Tracker - "videographer working for one campaign assigned to follow an opposing candidate to catch any slips or bloopers"
And in case you want to get away from it all, you can imagine yourself in one of the "Expeditions of the 20th century", p. 182 in the
Atlas of Exploration Case Ref G1036.A85
Also includes chapter "Jesuits in the Himalayas"
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