United States presidents (ABDO)
Author
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Abraham Lincoln including his military service, early political career, and key events from Lincoln's administration including the American Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, and his assassination by John Wilkes Booth. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Andrew Jackson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Jackson's administration including the Indian Removal Act and his opposition to the Bank of the United States. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Andrew Johnson including his career as a tailor, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act, the Fourteenth Amendment, and his impeachment by the House of Representatives. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's...
4)
Barack Obama
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Benjamin Harrison
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6) Bill Clinton
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Bill Clinton including his early political career and key events from Clinton's administration including the North American Free Trade Agreement, 2000 Camp David Summit, and his impeachment by the House of Representatives. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to the life of Calvin Coolidge including his early political career and key events from Coolidge's administration including the Kellogg-Briand Pact and Coolidge Prosperity. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Chester Arthur including his early political career and key events from Arthur's administration including improvements to the US Navy, and the Pendleton Civil Service Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
9)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Author
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Franklin D. Roosevelt including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including the Great Depression, the New Deal, Pearl Harbor, and World War II. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website. .
11) Franklin Pierce
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to the life of Franklin Pierce including his military service, early political career, and key events from Pierce's administration including the Gadsden Purchase, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and Bleeding Kansas. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
12) George H.W. Bush
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to George H.W. Bush, including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration, including the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Persian Gulf War, and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
13) George W. Bush
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to George W. Bush including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration including the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq War, and Hurricane Katrina. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard...
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to George Washington including his military service, early political career, and key events from Washington's administration including creating the first presidential cabinet, creating a financial plan for the new nation, and planning Washington, DC. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
15) Gerald Ford
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Gerald Ford including his early political career and key events from Ford's administration including the Watergate scandal, pardon of former President Richard Nixon, and the Vietnam War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
16) Grover Cleveland
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Grover Cleveland including his early political career and key events from Cleveland's administration including the Presidential Succession Act and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
17) Harry S. Truman
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Harry S. Truman including his military service, early political career, and key events from Truman's administration including World War II, the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and the Korean War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
18)
Herbert Hoover
Author
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to James A. Garfield including his early political career and key events from Garfield's administration including his surprise nomination, the Star Route Scandal, and his assassination by Charles Guiteau. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
20) James Buchanan
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to James Buchanan including his early political career and key events from Buchanan's administration including the Dred Scott case and the secession of seven Southern states prior to the American Civil War. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
21) James K. Polk
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to James K. Polk including his early political career and key events from Polk's administration, including the Oregon Treaty, the Mexican War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
22) James Madison
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to James Madison including his early political career and key events from Madison's administration including the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
23) James Monroe
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to James Monroe including his military service, early political career, and key events from Monroe's administration including the Monroe Doctrine. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
24) Jimmy Carter
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Jimmy Carter including his early political career and key events from Carter's administration including the Emergency Natural Gas Act, a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and the Iran hostage crisis. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
25) John Adams
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to John Adams including his early political career and key events from Adams's administration including the French Revolution the Alien and Sedition Acts. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
26) John F. Kennedy
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to John F. Kennedy including his military service, early political career, and key events from Kennedy's administration including the Cold War, space race, Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban missile crisis, and his assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
27)
John Quincy Adams
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28) John Tyler
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces young readers to the life of John Tyler including his military service, early political career, and key events from Tyler's administration including his opposition to the national bank, Second Seminole War, and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to the life of Lyndon B. Johnson including his military service, early political career, and key events from Johnson's administration including the Civil Rights Act, the Vietnam War, and the Voting Rights Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website
30) Martin Van Buren
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Martin Van Buren including his early political career and key events from Van Buren's administration including the Second Seminole War and passage of the Independent Treasury Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
31) Millard Fillmore
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Millard Fillmore including his early political career and key events from Fillmore's administration including the Compromise of 1850 and the Treaty of Kanagawa. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
32) Richard Nixon
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Richard Nixon including his military service, early political career, and key events from Nixon's administration including his debates with John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and his resignation. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
33)
Ronald Reagan
Author
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Rutherford B. Hayes including his early political career and key events from Hayes's administration including civil service reforms, the end of Reconstruction, and the passage of the Bland-Allison Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
35)
Theodore Roosevelt
Author
36) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Thomas Jefferson including his early political career and key events from Jefferson's administration, including the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Warren G. Harding including his early political career and key events from Harding's administration including the Teapot Dome scandal. Information about his childhood, family and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to William H. Harrison, including his military service during the War of 1812; his early political career as governor of Indiana Territory, US congressman, Ohio state senator; and Harrison's term as the shortest presidency in US history. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
39) William McKinley
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to William McKinley including his early political and key events from McKinley's administration including the Spanish-American War, the expansion of US territory to include the Hawaiian Islands, and his assassination by Leon F. Czolgosz. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included." -- Publisher's website.
40) Woodrow Wilson
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Woodrow Wilson including his early political career and key events from Wilson's administration including World War I, Paris Peace Conference, signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and the Nineteenth Amendment. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
41) Zachary Taylor
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Zachary Taylor including his early political career and key events from Taylor's administration including the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the Compromise of 1850. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.