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First Friends The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents by Gary Ginsberg
epub | 25.71 MB | English | Isbn:‎ B08MZTBT34 | Author: Gary Ginsberg | Year: 2021



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In the bestselling tradition of The Presidents Club and Presidential Courage, White House history as told through the stories of the best friends and closest confidants of American presidents.
Here are the riveting histories of myriad presidential friendships, among them:
  • Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed: They shared a bed for four years during which Speed saved his friend from a crippling depression. Two decades later the friends worked together to save the Union.
  • Harry Truman and Eddie Jacobson: When Truman wavered on whether to recognize the state of Israel in 1948, his lifelong friend and former business partner intervened at just the right moment with just the right words to steer the president's decision.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Daisy Suckley: Unassuming and overlooked during her lifetime, Daisy Suckley was in reality FDR's most trusted, constant confidant, the respite for a lonely and overworked...


  • Category:Biographies of Political Leaders, Biographies of US Presidents, Social & Cultural History



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