Oval Office Oddities

Download or read book Oval Office Oddities written by Bill Fawcett and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This amusing collection of factoids entertains, but it's also an accessible look at the 43 men who have held our nation's highest office. Enjoyable.” —School Library Journal Every four years Americans go to the polls to elect a leader—a personage of unimpeachable sobriety and moral standing who will serve as a paragon for the rest of us. But truth be told, presidents and their families are people too—with quirks and character flaws like everyone else . . . and plenty of skeletons rattling around in their closets. Oval Office Oddities is a grand compendium of fascinating, sometimes embarrassing presidential facts, gaffes, and oddball behaviors—available in plenty of time for Election Day! White House Whoopee: We've all heard about the dalliances of Clinton and Kennedy—but what were Washington, Jefferson, FDR, and Ike doing behind closed doors? America’s Imelda: Mary Todd Lincoln had an endearing little clothing fetish . . . and once purchased 300 pairs of gloves in a single month! Go West, Young Prez: “California Dreamin’” was not a top presidential priority . . . since no Commander in Chief bothered to visit the neglected coast until Rutherford B. Hayes did in 1880. Crazy Jack: Many prominent leaders were absolutely convinced that John Adams was stark raving bonkers!

Download or read book Oval Office Occult written by Brian M. Thomsen and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and informative look at our paranormal presidencies." --Bill Fawcett, author of Oval Office Oddities The Discovery Channel's A Haunting meets the History Channel's The Presidents inside this collection of strange-but-true tales of White House weirdness. Brian M. Thomsen offers a series of nonpartisan accounts of spirits, specters, and supernatural beliefs by and about those who have inhabited the White House. Readers will learn which U.S. presidents have claimed to encounter UFOs, and which have been connected to ghosts, as well as which of our nation's leaders have consulted with fortune-tellers or otherwise been associated with other aspects of the occult. Famous subjects include Warren G. Harding and the curse of the Hope Diamond, the uncanny similarities between the lives and deaths of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, George Washington's visions, Ronald and Nancy Reagan's reliance on psychics, the haunted homes of Dolly Madison and Rosalyn Carter, Jimmy Carter's UFO sighting, Hillary Clinton's experience with channeling, the mysterious curse of Tecumseh, the secret societies of presidents, and much more.

Download or read book Oval Office Oddities written by Bill Fawcett and published by Wordfire Press. This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every four years Americans go to the polls to elect a leader, someone serious, distinguished, respectable, with perfect sobriety and moral standing who will serve as a paragon for the rest of us. But presidents and their families are people too-with quirks and character flaws like everyone else . . . and they have plenty of skeletons rattling around in their closets. Oval Office Oddities is a grand compendium of fascinating, sometimes embarrassing presidential facts, gaffes, and oddball behaviors-available in plenty of time for Election Day! Mary Todd Lincoln had an endearing little clothing fetish . . . and once purchased 300 pairs of gloves in a single month! No Commander in Chief bothered to visit neglected California until Rutherford B. Hayes did in 1880. Crazy Jack: Many prominent leaders were absolutely convinced that John Adams was stark raving bonkers! Oval Office Oddities is jam-packed with amusing anecdotes and offbeat information presented in a way that makes our nation's history accessible, relevant, and entertaining.

Download or read book Space Oddities written by S. D. Tucker and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flat worlds, moon men, Martian canals and other strange ideas from beyond the stars

Download or read book The 5 W's: Who? written by Erin McHugh and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of quirky and unusual facts about a variety of people, including Playboy cover models, humanity’s ancestors, and Catholic patron saints. From the genealogy of the Bach family to a complete listing of team mascots, here are some of the most surprising and quirky facts about people ever. Find out who topped the music charts most, which U.S. president liked to swim nude, and who the world’s greatest philosophers are. Who is . . . . . . Mother Shipton? A fifteenth-century witch who predicted the Great Fire of London and her own death. . . . Thomas Jennings? Abolitionist, inventor, and the first black man to hold a U.S. patent. . . . Jack C. Massey? One of only three people who knew Colonel Sanders’s secret recipe. . . . Saint Joseph of Cupertino? The patron saint of astronauts. . . . On a Friday? The band we know as Radiohead.

Download or read book The Little Giant Book of American Presidents written by Glen Vecchione and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of little-known facts about the U.S. presidents that provides a glimpse into their personalities, covering such topics as nicknames, families, finances, food and drink, homes, sports, hobbies, and oddities, as well as their lives after the presidency.

Download or read book The 5 W's written by Erin McHugh and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This massive trivia tome features all five entries in the 5 W’s series, each brimming with unusual facts that amuse as they expand your mind. Five classic questions . . . five classic collections . . . Who? – From the genealogy of the Bach family to a complete listing of team mascots, here are some of the most surprising and quirky facts about people ever. Find out who topped the music charts most, which U.S. president liked to swim nude, and who the world’s greatest philosophers are. What? – Musical instruments in an orchestra, Pulitzer Prize categories, and events in an Olympic decathlon: this is an entertaining and enlightening diverse anthology of facts. From the longest word currently listed in any Oxford dictionary to inventions, fashions, and ketchup ice cream, all the sundries of life appear on these vivid pages. Where? – From Arsenic Tubs, Mexico to Big Ugly, West Virginia, here’s where you’ll find plenty of fun facts. Discover the ins and outs of places almost unknown, locales that have captured your imagination, and spots worth finding out about—including the world’s best and most beautiful beaches. When? – When . . . Did a bank put out first ATM? Were the three major attacks of the Bubonic Plague? Were the amendments of the Bill of Rights enacted? Travel through different eras for a glimpse of what each period has brought us and get a fun and all-inclusive overview of landmark events that’s irresistibly intriguing. Why? – Why do mosquitos love to bite us so much? Why does baseball have a seven-inning stretch? And why do some countries drive on the left of the road? Get the details and data needed to answer an incredible range of questions, from everyday queries to philosophical conundrums.