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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bob Woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle in his new book The Last of the President's Men. Woodward reveals the untold story of Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed the secret White House taping system that changed history and led to Nixon's resignation. In forty-six hours of interviews with Butterfield, supported by thousands of documents, many of them original and not in the presidential archives and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Richard Nixon including his military service, early political career, and key events from Nixon's administration including his debates with John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, and his resignation. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information."--Publisher's website.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the Watergate scandal corrupted American democracy, it took a gang of honest politicians to restore honor Not long after burglars were caught raiding the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, Congressman Tip O'Neill noticed that Democratic fundraising efforts for the 1972 election had stalled. Major contributors were under IRS investigation, and Republican lackeys were threatening further trouble if those donors...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the future of their democracy and women stood up for equal treatment. At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women's movement stood a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was then known), barely thirty years old and in charge of some of the most important prosecutions of high-ranking White House officials. Called "the mini-skirted lawyer" by the press, she fought to receive...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For her first forty years, Jo Haldeman's life followed a conventional path. While her husband, Bob, built his career in advertising, Jo comfortably settled into her role as mother of four, housewife, and community volunteer. In 1968, Jo's world changed dramatically. Richard Nixon was elected President of the United States, and Bob was offered the job of a lifetime -- White House Chief of Staff. As Jo and Bob discussed the opportunities and the challenges...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 1152 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"[This book] traces Nixon's life in full, from his birth to Quaker parents in 1913 to his death in 1994. ... [It] ultimately reveals a new side of Nixon: a man who didn't have the advantage of charisma but was surprisingly self-assured and effective; a man dogged by political scandal yet seemingly unstoppable."--Dust jacket.
13) Richard Nixon
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life of the thirty-seventh president of the United States, from his childhood in California through his tenure in Congress and his terms as president to his historic resignation in 1974.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the acclaimed One Minute to Midnight: a sharply focused, riveting account--told from inside the White House--of the crucial months when the Watergate conspiracy consumed itself and brought down the president"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tom Brokaw, who was then the young NBC News White House correspondent, gives us a nuanced and thoughtful chronicle, recalling the players, the strategies, and the scandal that brought down a president. He takes readers from crowds of shouting protesters to shocking press conferences, from meetings with Attorney General Elliot Richardson and White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig, to overseas missions alongside Henry Kissinger. He recounts Nixon's...
16) Richard M. Nixon
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the thirty-seventh president, discussing his childhood in California, careers in law and the military, his terms as vice president and president, his comeback following the Watergate scandal, and roles as political consultant and elder statesman.
17) Elvis & Nixon
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the infamous meeting between Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon in 1970, which was immortalized in the most requested phonograph in the National Archives.
19) Frost/Nixon
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions...
20) Richard M. Nixon
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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