How to fight presidents

defending yourself against the badasses who ran this country

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Daniel O'Brien: How to fight presidents (2014, Three Rivers Press)

254 pages

English language

Published April 11, 2014 by Three Rivers Press.

ISBN:
978-0-385-34757-0
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OCLC Number:
841899620

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4 stars (5 reviews)

"Make no mistake: Our founding fathers were more bandanas-and-muscles than powdered-wigs-and-tea. As a prisoner of war, Andrew Jackson walked several miles barefoot across state lines while suffering from smallpox and a serious head wound received when he refused to polish the boots of the soldiers who had taken him captive. He was thirteen years old. A few decades later, he became the first popularly elected president and served the nation, pausing briefly only to beat a would-be assassin with a cane to within an inch of his life. Theodore Roosevelt had asthma, was blind in one eye, survived multiple gunshot wounds, had only one regret (that there were no wars to fight under his presidency), and was the first U.S. president to win the Medal of Honor, which he did after he died. Faced with the choice, George Washington actually preferred the sound of bullets whizzing by his head in …

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5 stars

Hilarious,
I found myself laughing out loud at every chapter. You will find these tidbits of history IF you read thousands of pages of American history. Thankfully Daniel O'Brien has brought them all together in an entertaining read.

The audiobook edition
Richard McGonagle performance portrayed the tone and demeanor of this book perfectly!!

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Subjects

  • Politics and government
  • Presidents
  • Humor
  • American wit and humor

Places

  • United States