Fred L Israel

A biography of the American president who brought the country out of economic disaster and through World War II.

Reprints reports and photographs that appeared in "National Geographic" magazine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which tell of the discoveries made by archaeologists on some of their first investigations of ancient Mayan and Aztec civilizations.

This illustrated history of American presidential elections focuses on campaign images that have been conveyed every four years through such artifacts as posters, buttons, and bumper stickers.

Uses a variety of source materials to provide an overview of the election of 1860 and the administration of President William Harrison and his vice president and successor, John Tyler.