An account of the education of all the boys who grew up to be president.
If you have ever wondered where and how our presidents were education, this book will give you the answers. There are no educational requirements nor is there a qualifying exam for the office of president. Some of our presidents have very little formal education; Abe Lincoln had less than a year of schooling and Andrew Johnson had none at all. The only president who held a Ph.D. was Woodrow Wilson and he dropped out of three colleges. Consider these intriguing presidential facts:
George Washington was once an officer in the British Army.
Franklin Pierce was constantly in trouble at college for ingesting illicit substances -- root beer and gingerbread.
Teddy Roosevelt was afraid of his laundress when he attended Harvard.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was fourteen when he was arrested in Germany four times in one day.
Ronald Reagan saved seventy-seven lives working summers as a life guard.
Excerpt
from the chapter on Ulysses S. "Sam" Grant:
"[Gen. Winfield] Scott was reluctant to send the infantry into the fray until the city [Vera Cruz} was well softened up by the artillery. During the artillery battle, Sam ought to have stayed in the rear with his supplies but once more he could not resist the temptation to get to the front of the action. He met some engineers who were scouting the fortifications. As Robert E. Lee and George McClellan watched, Sam and Pierre G.T. Beauregard crept up to an adobe house, which promptly exploded, hit by a Mexican shell. Neither man was hurt, emerging from the ruins coughing and sneezing..."
Destiny's Daughter by Frances Altman highlights events in the life of Mary Edwards Walker, maverick suffragist, Civil War doctor and only woman Medal of Honor recipient.
Jack Kelly was a child performer, son of New York model, Nan Kelly, brother of actress, Nancy Kelly, brother-in-law of actor Edmond O'Brien and cinematographer Fred Jackman, Jr. On TV, from 1957 until 1962, he was James Garner's brother on the show,
