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Author Price, Sean.

Title U.S. presidents : truth and rumors / by Sean Stewart Price ; illustrations by Eldon Doty.

Imprint Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Jumpstart Non-Fiction  973 PRICE    ---  Available
Description 32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Series Edge books. Truth and rumors
Note Includes glossary.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Contents Fact and fiction in the White House - Did George Washington have wooden chompers? - Did Washington throw his money around? - Did John Quincy Adams give an interview while naked? - Was Andrew Jackson's parrot potty-mouthed? - Did Martin Van Buren give us "OK"? - Did Abraham Lincoln write the Gettysburg Address in a rush? - Is Lincoln buried under the Lincoln Memorial? - Did Teddy Roosevelt give us teddy bears? - Did John F. Kennedy have a secret marriage? - Was Gerald Ford a fashion model? - Was Jimmy Carter attacked by a rabbit? - Fact or fiction? : how to tell the difference.
Summary This book labels common stories about former U.S. presidents as fact or fiction and teaches readers how to tell the difference between truth and rumors.
Audience 4-8 Medialog, Inc.
IG 780 Lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades RL 4.7 0.5 quiz: 134272
Subject Presidents -- United States -- History -- Miscellanea.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Miscellanea.
United States -- Politics and government -- Miscellanea.
Added Author Doty, Eldon, illustrator.
ISBN 1429639520 (lib.)

 
    
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