The Presidents

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - The Reluctant Dad of America
2. Chapter Two - The One Who Yelled a Lot (and Was Usually Right)
3. Chapter Three - The Quill That Wrote Freedom (and Forgot a Few Details)
4. Chapter Four - The Constitution in a Wig
5. Chapter Five - The Doctrine, The Deal, and the Decaf Presidency
6. Chapter Six - The Sequel Son Who Wouldn’t Sit Down
7. Chapter Seven - The Human Hand Grenade Who Became President
8. Chapter Eight - The Little Magician with a Big Mess
9. Chapter Nine - The 31-Day President Who Spoke Too Long and Lived Too Little
10. Chapter Ten - The Man Without a Party (Literally)
11. Chapter Eleven - The One-Term Wrecking Ball Who Reshaped the Map
12. Chapter Twelve - The Reluctant President Who Died Before He Could Really Piss Anyone Off
13. Chapter Thirteen - The Human Semicolon of American History
14. Chapter Fourteen - The Handsome Disaster Nobody Could Save (Including Himself)
15. Chapter Fifteen - The President Who Watched It Burn and Said, “Not My Job”
16. Chapter Sixteen - The Tall One Who Carried a Country Through Fire
17. Chapter Seventeen - The Wrong Man for the Hardest Job
18. Chapter Eighteen - The Soldier Who Won the War—And Then Fought to Win the Peace

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE The Reluctant Dad of America ALRIGHT, SO PICTURE this: It’s the late 1700s. The British are out here taxing tea, micromanaging the colonies, and generally being annoying. Meanwhile, in Virginia, George Washington is stomping around Mount Vernon with a horse, a sword, and main-character energy. He’s tall. He’s quiet. He’s intense. He’s got final boss energy—but without saying much. Basically: If America was a video game, Washington’s the tutorial character AND the final level. Washington didn’t start out thinking, “I’m gonna be president someday.” He started out thinking, “I wanna be a land surveyor.” Then he accidentally became a war hero. Then a general. Then the guy the entire...