Citizen-in-Chief: The Second Lives of the American Presidents

by Leonard Benardo

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"[A] remarkably revealing history....This well-researched, opinionated account does a fine job of filling a surprisingly empty historical niche." --Publishers Weekly Citizen-in-Chief, The Second Lives of the American Presidents, is a smartly researched, surprising, often witty, and always revealing look at former presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush. Authors Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss offer readers entertaining true stories of the radical turns, provocative rehabilitations, and tragic trajectories of presidential lives after the White House.Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen calls Citizen-in-Chief, "an engrossing book, Benardo and Weiss tell a fascinating tale," and he properly states that where our nation's leaders went after leading is often "more interesting than the presidency itself."… (more)

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4693. Citizen-in-Chief The Second Lives of the American Presidents, by Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss (read 7 Apr 2010) This is a pretty workmanlike book which examines the lives of men after they were President. It is not super-exciting and most of what it had to say I seemed to think I already knew, but it was readable. It considers the financial status of the Presidents--in the early days they often did not do well but lately they really cash in on their status, a la Jerry Ford. The whole saga of Presidential libraries is carefully explored, as are the political activities of ex-Presidents. The book came out in 2009 and so has nothing about the newest ex-President's post-presidency life. It is an even-handed book, saying good and bad about the people it talks about. (

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"[A] remarkably revealing history....This well-researched, opinionated account does a fine job of filling a surprisingly empty historical niche." --Publishers Weekly Citizen-in-Chief, The Second Lives of the American Presidents, is a smartly researched, surprising, often witty, and always revealing look at former presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush. Authors Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss offer readers entertaining true stories of the radical turns, provocative rehabilitations, and tragic trajectories of presidential lives after the White House.Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen calls Citizen-in-Chief, "an engrossing book, Benardo and Weiss tell a fascinating tale," and he properly states that where our nation's leaders went after leading is often "more interesting than the presidency itself."

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