Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times

The <strong>Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times</strong> documents thetenure of each of the American presidents. It also includes informat... » 

The Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times documents thetenure of each of the American presidents. It also includes information aboutthe headlines people and fads that were defining America during eachpresidency. It is an easytouse resource that reflects events through theelection of the next president in 2008. Each profile includes a fact boxthat lists the presidents birthday birthplace vice president wifechildren and nickname. It also lists the presidents full name and years hewas in office. Following the fact box is a onepage description of each yearthat president served. In other words there are eight pages about Clinton andfour about Carter. Each page explains the key issues that the presidentaddressed that year as well as what was important to Americans at that time. Abrief description of each presidential campaign is included as well. Besidesserving as a quick reference source for information on the presidents thistitle offers insight into general American history as well. For example if achild born in 1990 wanted to see who was president when she was born she couldlook up the page for 1990. There she would find that Bush was president and oneof the biggest issues he faced that year was the Gulf War. She would alsodiscover that Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa in 1990and that hiphop music was beginning to attract a strong following. Twoadditional features follow the presidential profiles. The first is a table withthe results of all American presidential elections. It includes the candidatesnames their parties and the popular and electoral votes each recieved. Theother feature is ahistory of the White House that includes several photos ofthe White House over the past 150 years. «