Books in Presidential Leaders series

Follows the life and career of the statesman who, after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, became the seventeenth president of the United States.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the fifteenth president of the United States, who worked to improve relations with Great Britain and tried, unsuccessfully, to avoid the Civil War with the Crittenden Compromise.

Chronicles the life and political career of the fourteenth president of the United States.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the eleventh president, whose term in office saw many western states added to the United States.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the United States president who was nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready" because of his perfect army record.

Presents the life and political career of the thirteenth president of the United States, who alienated both the North and the South while trying to avoid the Civil War and improved foreign relations.

John Tyler (Presidential Leaders)

Profiles the self-educated man who arose from poverty to become the sixteenth president of the United States, focusing on how his virtues enabled him to overcome many personal and political difficulties.

Presents the life and political career of the nineteenth president of the United States, who officially ended the Reconstruction.

Discusses the private life and political career of Harry S. Truman, who served as President from 1945 to 1953.

A biography of Thomas Jefferson--patriot, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

Profiles former peanut farmer, Georgia governor, and United States president Jimmy Carter, including his ongoing promotion of social justice and human rights around the world.