What the Presidents Read

Elizabeth Goodenough; Marilynn Olson

doi:10.5771/9781538177846

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-7782-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-7784-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 523
Product type: Edited Book

1. Acknowledgments No access
2. Contents No access
3. Preface by Ted Widmer No access
4. Introduction No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. William Henry Harrison, 9th President 1841, Whig No access
  2. Zachary Taylor, 12th President 1849–1850, Whig No access
  3. Millard Fillmore, 13th President 1850–1853, Whig No access
  4. Calvin Coolidge, 30th President 1923–1929, Republican No access
  5. Harry S. Truman, 33rd President 1945–1953, Democrat No access
  6. Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President 1963–1969, Democrat No access
  7. William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President 1993–2001, Democrat No access
3. 1. Matthew Goetz, “Young George Washington’s Literary Voyage Round the World” No access
  2. Marilynn S. Olson, “Why Fillmore Remembered Abyssinia” No access
  3. Mark W. Graham, “Charles Rollin and Universal History in America” No access
  4. Tim Utter, “Peter Parley’s Geographical Education of Children in the Mid-Nineteenth Century” No access
  5. Stephen Bertman, “Andrew Jackson: Savage Sophisticate” No access
  6. Catherine M. Parisian, “A Thirst for Knowledge” No access
  7. Eric Best, “Growing Up Near Sagamore Hill” No access
  8. Laureen Tedesco, “The Little Brown Sister: A Children’s Book Model for William Howard Taft’s Benevolent Paternalism” No access
  9. Thomas Mallon, “The Row to Zanzibar” No access
  10. Bethanee Bemis, “The White House and Mickey Mouse: Presidents and the Disney Parks” No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. John Adams, 2nd President 1797–1801, Federalist No access
  2. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President 1801–1809, Democratic-Republican No access
  3. Dolley Madison, First Lady 1809–1817 No access
  4. Thomas “Tad” Lincoln, White House Child 1861–1865 No access
  5. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President 1869–1877, Republican No access
  6. Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President 1885–1889, 1893–1897, Democrat No access
  7. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President 1901–1909, Republican No access
  8. Louise Taft, Mother of William Howard Taft No access
  9. Nellie Taft, First Lady 1909–1913 No access
  10. Calvin Coolidge, 30th President 1923–1929, Republican No access
  11. Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady 1933–1945 No access
  12. Harry S. Truman, 33rd President 1945–1953, Republican No access
  13. Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady 1963–1969 No access
  14. Richard Nixon, 37th President 1969–1974, Republican No access
  15. Jimmy Carter, 39th President 1977–1981, Democrat No access
  16. Gerald R. Ford, Vice President 1973–1974, 38th President 1974–1977, Republican No access
  17. George H. W. Bush, 41st President 1989–1993, Republican No access
  18. Bill Clinton, 42nd President 1993–2001, Democrat No access
3. 1. James G. Leaf, “NO SISSIES ALLOWED: Qualifications for US Presidency” No access
  2. Laura Wasowicz, “Kitchen Table Politics for Children in the Hero of Tippecanoe” No access
  3. Scott Eberle, “Wrestling and Storytelling in Lincoln’s White House” No access
  4. Edward G. Lengel, “Nellie Arthur in the White House” No access
  5. Elizabeth Goodenough, “Frances Cleveland and the First White House Kindergarten” No access
  6. Peggy Ellsberg, “TR and the Icon of the Cowboy” No access
  7. Margo Taft Stever, “Searching for the Young William Howard Taft: The Tortoise and the Hare” No access
  8. Annette B. Dunlap, “Lou Henry Hoover and the Spirit of Play” No access
  9. Rebecca Schwartz, “Truman Reading Music” No access
  10. Michelle Guillion, “Jackie and Her Children Riding at Glen-Ora” No access
  11. John Woodford, “The Men Who Would Be President” No access
  12. Douglas Brinkley, “The Ebb and Flow of John F. Kennedy” No access
  13. Donald Holloway, “The Education of Gerald Ford” No access
  14. Stuart Brown, “Winning Isn’t Everything” No access
  15. James G. Leaf, “‘Finis Origines Pendent’: George W. Bush at Andover” No access
  16. Corky Siemaszko, “Obama’s High School Basketball Coaches, Teammates Remember ‘Barry’” No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Aesop as Political Commentary: The Bayeux Tapestry No access
  2. Aesop in American Politics: George Washington 1st President of the United States (1789–1797) No access
  3. Aesop in American Politics: Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809) No access
  4. Aesop in American Politics: Millard Fillmore 13th President of the United States (1850–1853) No access
  5. Aesop in American Politics: Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States (1861–1865) No access
  6. Aesop in American Politics: William Howard Taft 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) No access
3. 1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and American Politics No access
  2. Alice on the Stage No access
  3. Alice in Political Parodies and Cartoons No access
  4. Alice in the Age of the New Deal and Beyond No access
  5. Alice, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) No access
4. 1. John F. Kennedy, 35th President 1961–1963, Democrat No access
  2. Billy Whiskers and Women’s Travel Writing No access
  3. Seeing the World with Billy Whiskers No access
  4. A Voice of Its Time No access
  5. Nation Building: Who Lives Here? No access
  6. Nation Building: What Does the Country Look Like? No access
5. 1. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt No access
  2. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ferdinand, and Munro Leaf No access
  3. The Aftermath of World War II: Berlin, Christmas 1946 No access
  4. Harry Truman and the Marshall Plan No access
  5. Kennedy’s People-to-People Exchange and Johnson’s War on Poverty No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. James Monroe, 5th President 1817–1825, Democratic-Republican No access
  2. Abigail Adams, First Lady 1797–1801 and Her Son, John Quincy Adams, 6th President 1825–1829, Democratic-Republican No access
  3. John Quincy Adams, 6th President 1825–1829, Democratic-Republican No access
  4. Louisa Catherine Adams, First Lady 1825–1829 No access
  5. Martin Van Buren, 8th President 1837–1841, Democrat No access
  6. James K. Polk, 11th President 1845–1849, Democrat No access
  7. James Buchanan, 15th President 1857–1861, Democrat No access
  8. Abraham Lincoln, 16th President 1861–1865, Republican No access
  9. Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady 1861–1865 No access
  10. Andrew Johnson, 17th President 1865–1869, Democrat No access
  11. Julia Dent Grant, First Lady 1869–1877 No access
  12. Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President 1877–1881, Republican No access
  13. Chester A. Arthur, 21st President 1881–1885, Republican No access
  14. Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President 1885–1889, 1893–1897, Democrat No access
  15. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President 1901–1909, Republican No access
  16. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President 1913–1921, Democrat No access
  17. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President 1933–1945, Democrat No access
  18. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, First Lady 1961–1963 No access
  19. Donald J. Trump, 45th President 2017–2021, Republican No access
  20. Joe Biden, 46th President 2021–, Democrat No access
3. 1. Marilynn S. Olson, “‘A Favourite Author of Mine’: Monroe’s Note and Pleasures of Imagination” No access
  2. Eric Sterner, “Joseph Addison’s Cato: Liberty on the Stage” No access
  3. Donelle Ruwe, “School Plays and the Théâtre d’education” No access
  4. Suzanne Rahn, “‘Hail to the Chief’: The Appeal of Walter Scott” No access
  5. Leslie Stainton, “Reading Buchanan” No access
  6. Henry Meares, “Black Folks Hero: He Freed the Slaves” No access
  7. Jerry Mikorenda, “A Poem, President Arthur, and His Pupil” No access
  8. Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, “Fanny Crosby and Grover Cleveland” No access
  9. Robert T. Tally Jr., “James Fenimore Cooper and The Leatherstocking Tales” No access
  10. Brian C. Wilson, “Donald Trump and the Reverend Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking” No access
  11. Steve Wilson, “Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ‘The American Scholar’: The Thought Heard Round the World” No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. George Washington, 1st President 1789–1797, Federalist No access
  2. John Adams, 2nd President 1797–1801, Federalist No access
  3. Abigail Adams, First Lady 1797–1801 No access
  4. John Quincy Adams, 6th President 1825–1829, Democratic-Republican and His Father, John Adams No access
  5. John Tyler, 10th President 1841–1845, Whig No access
  6. James Buchanan, 15th President 1857–1861, Democrat No access
  7. Abraham Lincoln, 16th President 1861–1865, Republican No access
  8. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President 1869–1877, Republican No access
  9. Jesse Grant, White House Child 1869–1877 No access
  10. Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President 1885–1889, 1893–1897, Democrat No access
  11. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President 1901–1909, Republican No access
  12. Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady 1929–1933 No access
  13. Gerald R. Ford, 38th President 1974–1977, Republican No access
  14. George H. W. Bush, 41st President 1989–1993, Republican No access
  15. William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President 1993–2001, Democrat No access
  16. Barack Obama, 44th President 2009–2017, Democrat No access
  17. Melania Trump, First Lady 2017–2021 No access
3. 1. Andrea Immel, “Little John Quincy Adams and the Gingerbread Hornbook” No access
  2. Margaret Mackey, “The Blue Back Speller: Primers as Totemic Objects” No access
  3. Peter A. Wallner, “Franklin Pierce’s Admission to Bowdoin College” No access
  4. Donald W. Olson, “Reading, ’Riting, and ’Rithmetic: How Presidents Learned the Third of the Three Rs” No access
  5. Elvin Holt, “Performing Uncle Remus” No access
  6. Marilynn S. Olson, “‘Boys Who Were Not So Different from Me’: Horatio Alger’s Blueprint for the Future” No access
  7. Jill Abraham Hummer, “Laura Welch Bush: Roots of the First Reader” No access
  8. Donald E. Pease, “Barack Obama’s Dr. Seuss Story” No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. James Madison, 4th President 1809–1817, Democratic-Republican No access
  2. Franklin Pierce, 14th President 1853–1857, Democrat No access
  3. William McKinley, 25th President 1897–1901, Republican No access
  4. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President 1901–1909, Republican No access
  5. Richard M. Nixon, 37th President 1969–1974, Republican No access
  6. Jimmy Carter, 39th President 1977–1981, Democrat No access
  7. George W. Bush, 43rd President 2001–2009, Republican No access
  8. Donald J. Trump, 45th President 2017–2021, Republican No access
3. 1. Marilynn S. Olson, “Spectator Papers as Children’s Guide” No access
  2. Marilynn S. Olson, “The Tribune and McKinley’s Rural Ohio” No access
  3. Mark I. West, “Theodore Roosevelt’s Childhood Response to Our Young Folks” No access
  4. Stephanie L. Hawkins, “The National Geographic Magazine in the 1920s” No access
  5. Marilynn S. Olson, “Boys’ Life in the 1930s” No access
  6. Adrianne Grubic, “A Presidential Passion for Sports Illustrated” No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. Franklin Pierce, 14th President 1853–1857, Democrat No access
  2. Abraham Lincoln, 16th President 1861–1865, Republican No access
  3. Warren G. Harding, 29th President 1921–1923, Republican No access
  4. Harry S. Truman, 33rd President 1945–1953, Democrat No access
  5. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President 1953–1961, Republican No access
  6. Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President 1963–1969, Democrat No access
  7. George W. Bush, 43rd President 2001–2009, Republican No access
3. 1. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, “George Washington and Slavery: Going Beyond Picture Books to Teach About Our Flawed Founders” No access
  2. Jacob and Mark Heberle, “Andrew Jackson: From Orphan of the Waxhaws to Father of a New America” No access
  3. Philip J. Deloria, “Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract” No access
  4. William C. Davis, “The Boy and the Book: Parson Weems and Abraham Lincoln” No access
  5. Mark Jonathan Harris, “The Better Angels” No access
  6. Julia L. Mickenberg, “Lefty Lincoln for Kids” No access
  7. Jan Susina, “The Curious Connections between Abraham Lincoln and Lewis Carroll” No access
  8. Omar Khan, “‘Who Are You?’ Eleanor Roosevelt Goes Rogue” No access
  9. Craig Fehrman, “Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote” No access
  10. Julie Pfeiffer, “The ‘First Lady from Plains’ Reimagines Home” No access
  11. Carol Tell Morse, “Summer Sisters First: Judy Blume and the Bush Twins” No access
  12. Andrea Immel, “The Trump Presidency in Picture Books” No access
  13. Megan Marshall, “The Mouse That Scored” No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. John Adams, 2nd President 1797–1801, Federalist No access
  2. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President 1801–1809, Democratic-Republican No access
  3. James A. Garfield, 20th President, Republican, March 4–September 19, 1881 No access
  4. Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President 1889–1893, Republican No access
  5. Herbert Hoover, 31st President 1929–1933, Republican No access
  6. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President 1933–1945, Democrat No access
  7. Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady 1961–1963 No access
  8. Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady 1963–1969 No access
  9. Rosalynn Carter, First Lady 1977–1981 No access
  10. Amy Lynn Carter, White House Child 1977–1981 No access
  11. Ronald Reagan, 40th President 1981–1989, Republican No access
  12. Barbara Bush, First Lady 1989–1993 No access
  13. Bill Clinton, 42nd President 1993–2001, Democrat No access
  14. Hillary Clinton, First Lady 1993–2001 No access
  15. Chelsea Victoria Clinton, White House Child 1993–2001 No access
  16. Laura Bush, First Lady 2001–2009 No access
  17. Michelle Obama, First Lady 2009–2017 No access
  18. Joe Biden, 46th President, 2021–, Democrat No access
  19. Jill Biden, First Lady 2021– No access
3. 1. Andrew O’Malley, “Robinson Crusoe” No access
  2. Laura Wasowicz, “Awash in an Ocean of Sea Stories: Some Historical Context” No access
  3. Mark I. West, “The Influence of Mayne Reid’s Adventure Books on Theodore Roosevelt’s Life” No access
  4. Claudia Nelson, “Morality and Fair Play: Ronald Reagan’s Childhood Reading” No access
  5. Anne K. Phillips and Gregory Eiselein, “Alcott’s Little Women and the U.S. Presidency” No access
  6. Stephen C. Meyer, “Institutional Conversion: Postwar Christianity and The Robe” No access
  7. John Blair, “A Wrinkle in Time” No access
  8. Sally E. Parry, “Cherry Ames and the Call of Duty” No access
  9. Teya Rosenberg, “The Magical and Educative Properties of P. L. Travers’s Mary Poppins” No access
Afterword No access Pages 497 - 500
Index No access Pages 501 - 510
About the Editors and the Contributors No access Pages 511 - 523