A childhood book is much more than just a storyfor the presidents, it may represent a turn in the course of history. What the Presidents Read catalogs presidents early reading accompanied by commentary from eye-witness reporters, historians, journalists, curators, biographers, literary scholars, U.S. presidents and White House families.
A childhood book is much more than just a storyfor the presidents, it may represent a turn in the course of history. What the Presidents Read catalogs presidents early reading accompanied by commentary from eye-witness reporters, historians, journalists, curators, biographers, literary scholars, U.S. presidents and White House families. Together they offer non-specialists brief, surprising insights. Readers will jump at the chance to compare their own favorite books as they learn how these publications resonated with national myths and leaders in the making.
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Perhaps nothing more profoundly influences an individual than the books read in childhood. America has been blessed with readers who became our leaders. Goodenough and Olson have done a great service. Their remarkable book ambitiously sets out to prove how deeply childrens literature has helped shape the minds and souls of those who have guided our nation through war and peace. And I for one am grateful for it. -- Michael Patrick Hearn, author of The Annotated Wizard of Oz Brilliantly conceived, comprehensive in its contents, and fun to read, What the Presidents Read is a rich blend of biography, history, literature, and psychology that explores the idea that -- even for presidents -- we are what we read. The sheer human interest of this book is irresistible, while students of history may gain new insights into the presidents they admire. Highly recommended! -- James G. Basker, Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History, Barnard College, Columbia University This volume invites us to consider what reading is for, as well as who has access to its offerings and who does not. It is instructive to learn what the presidents read in their childhood and what books they still treasure as adults. With a reach both wide and deep, this literary and pictorial quilt stitches many connections among presidents, books, children, and the people who came to define a nation. -- Pamela Reynolds, Anthropology of Childhood, Professor Emerita Johns Hopkins University, Presidential Professor University of Michigan In their insightful book, What the Presidents Read, Elizabeth Goodenough and Marilynn Olson investigate how childrens tales are a key part of the story of leadership and values for our American presidents. The originality of their concept is both powerful and enchanting. -- Chris Loker, author of One Hundred Books Famous in Childrens Literature What the Presidents Read: Childhood Stories and Family Favorites is a must-read for anyone interested in how literature shaped American presidents as people and as leaders. -- Catherine Sommervold, Professor of Education, Doane University What the Presidents Read is a well-researched and engaging text that provides insight into the reading habits of U.S. presidents and their families. -- James Conroy, author of Lincolns White House
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A childhood book is much more than just a storyfor the presidents, it may represent a turn in the course of history. What the Presidents Read catalogs presidents early reading accompanied by commentary from eye-witness reporters, historians, journalists, curators, biographers, literary scholars, U.S. presidents and White House families.
Foreword
Chapter I. History and Geography
Introduction
Words from Presidents and White House Families
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Calvin Coolidge
Harry Truman
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Bill Clinton
Contemporary Comment
Matthew Goetz, Young George Washington's Literary Voyage Round the World
Marilynn Olson, Why Fillmore Remembered Abyssinia
Mark W. Graham, Charles Rollin and Universal History in America
Tim Utter, Peter Parleys Geographical Education of Children in the Mid-19th
Century
Stephen Bertman, Andrew Jackson: Savage Sophisticate
Catharine M. Parisian, A Thirst for Knowledge
Eric Best, Growing Up near Sagamore Hill
Laureen Tedesco, The Little Brown Sister: A Childrens Book Model for
William Howard Tafts Benevolent Paternalism
Tom Mallon, The Row to Zanzibar
Bethanee Bemis, The White House and Mickey Mouse: Presidents and the Disney
Parks
Chapter II. Sports, Games, and Play
Introduction
Words from Presidents and White House Families
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Dolley Madison
Tad Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Louise Taft
Nellie Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Lady Bird Johnson
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Contemporary Comment
James G. Leaf, NO SISSIES ALLOWED: Qualifications for U.S. Presidency
Laura Wasowicz, Kitchen Table Politics for Children in the Hero of
Tippecanoe
Scott Eberle, Wrestling and Storytelling in Lincolns White House
Edward G. Lengel, Nellie Arthur in the White House
Elizabeth Goodenough, Frances Cleveland and First White House Kindergarten
Peggy Ellsberg, TR and the Icon of the Cowboy
Margo Taft Stever, Searching for the Young William Howard Taft: The Tortoise
and the Hare
Annette B. Dunlap, Lou Henry Hoover and the Spirit of Play
Rebecca Schwartz, Truman Reading Music
Michelle Guillen, Jackie and her Children Riding at Glen-Ora
John Woodford, The Men Who Would be President
Douglas Brinkley, The Ebb and Flow of John F. Kennedy
Donald Holloway, The Education of Gerald Ford
Stuart Brown, Winning isnt Everything
James G. Leaf, 'Finis Origines Pendent': George W. Bush at Andover
Corky Siemaszko, Obamas High School Basketball Coaches, Teammates Remember
Barry
Chapter III. Animal Tales
Introduction
Aesops Fables
Aesop as Political Commentary: The Bayeux Tapestry
Aesop in American Politics
George Washington, 1st President (1789-1797)
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President (1801-1809)
Millard Filmore, 13th President (1850-1853)
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President (1861-1865)
William Howard Taft, 27th President (1909-1913)
Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Alices Adventures in Wonderland and American Politics
Alice on the Stage
Alice in Political Parodies and Cartoons
Alice in the Age of the New Deal and Beyond
Alice, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
4. Billy Whiskers
John F. Kennedy
Billy Whiskers and Womens Travel Writing
Seeing the World with Billy Whiskers
A Voice of its Time
Nation Building
Who Lives Here?
What Does the Country Look Like?
5. The Story of Ferdinand
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ferdinand, and Munro Leaf
The Aftermath of World War II: Berlin, Christmas 1946
Harry Truman and the Marshall Plan
Kennedys People-to-People Exchange and Johnsons War on Poverty
Chapter IV. Performing Story, Poetry, Speech
Introduction
Words from Presidents and White House Families
James Monroe
Abigail Adams and John Q. Adams
John Q. Adams
Louisa Adams
Martin van Buren
James K. Polk
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Julia Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Corrina Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Caroline Kennedy
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Contemporary Comment
Marilynn Olson, A Favourite Author of Mine: Monroes Note and Pleasures of
Imagination
Eric Sterner, Joseph Addisons Cato: Liberty on the Stage
Donelle Ruwe, Theater of Education and School Plays
Suzanne Rahn, The Appeal of Walter Scott
Leslie Stainton, Reading James Buchanan
Henry Meares, Black Folks Hero: He Freed the Slaves
Jerry Mikorenda, A Poem, a President, and his Pupil
Alicia Clapp-Itnyre, Cleveland and Fanny Crosby
Rob Tally, Fenimore Cooper and the Leatherstocking Tales
Brian C. Wilson, Donald Trump and Reverend Norman Vincent Peales The Power
of Positive Thinking
Steve Wilson, Ralph Waldo Emersons The American Scholar: The Thought
Heard Round the World
Chapter V. Verities of Instruction
Introduction
Words from Presidents and White House Families
George Washington
John Adams
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Abigail Adams
John Tyler
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jesse Grant
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Gerald Ford
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Melania Trump
Contemporary Comment
Andrea Immel, Little John Quincy Adams and the Gingerbread Hornbook
Don Olson, Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic: How Presidents Learned the 3rd
of the 3Rs
Peter A. Wallner, Franklin Pierces Admission to Bowdoin College
Margaret Mackey, The Blue Back Speller: Primers as Totemic Objects
Elvin Holt, Performing Brer Rabbit
Marilynn Olson, Horatio Alger: Gerald Fords Blueprint for the Future.
Jill Abraham Hummer, Laura Welch Bush: Roots of the First Reader
Donald E. Pease, Barack Obamas Dr. Seuss Story
Chapter VI. Periodicals
Introduction
Words from Presidents and White House Families
James Madison
Franklin Pierce
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
George W. Bush
Donald Trump
Contemporary Comment
Marilynn Olson, Spectator Papers as Childrens Guide
Marilynn Olson, The Tribune and McKinleys Rural Ohio
Mark I. West, Theodore Roosevelt: Our Young Folks
Stephanie Hawkins, National Geographic Magazine in the 1920s
Marilynn Olson, Boys Life in the 1930s
Adrianne Grubic, A Presidential Passion for Sports Illustrated
Chapter VII. Biography and Autobiography
Introduction
Words from Presidents and White House Families
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Warren G. Harding
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
George W. Bush
Contemporary Comment
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, George Washington and Slavery: Going Beyond Picture
Books to Teach About Our Flawed Founders
Jacob Heberle and Mark Heberle, Andrew Jackson: From Orphan of the Waxhaws
to Father of a New America
Philip J. Deloria, Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract
William C. Davis,"The Boy and the Book: Parson Weems and Abraham Lincoln"
Mark Harris, The Better Angels
Julia Mickenberg, Lefty Lincoln for Kids
Jan Susina, The Curious Connections Between Abraham Lincoln and Lewis
Carroll
Omar Khan, Who are You? Eleanor Roosevelt Goes Rogue
Craig Fehrman, Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the
Books They Wrote
Julie Pfeiffer, The First Lady from Plains Re-Imagines Home
Carol Tell Morse, Summer Sisters First: Judy Bloom and the Bush Twins
Andrea Immel, The Trump Presidency in Picture Books
Megan Marshall, The Mouse that Scored
Chapter VIII. Narrative Fiction
Introduction
Words from Presidents and White House Families
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James A. Garfield
Benjamin Harrison
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jacqueline Kennedy
Lady Bird Johnson
Rosalynn Carter
Amy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Barbara Bush
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
Laura Bush
Jenna Bush Hagar and Barbara Pierce Bush
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Joe Biden
Jill Biden
Contemporary Comment
Andrew OMalley, Robinson Crusoe
Laura Wasowicz, Awash inan Ocean of Sea Stories: Some Historical Context
Mark I. West, The Influence of Mayne Reids Adventure Stories on Theodore
Roosevelts Life
Claudia Nelson, Morality and Fair Play: Reagan's Childhood Reading
Anne Phillips and Greg Eiselein, Alcotts Little Women and the US
Presidency
Stephen Meyer, Institutional Conversion: Postwar Christianity and The Robe
John Blair, A Wrinkle in Time
Sally E. Parry, Cherry Ames and the Call of Duty
Teya Rosenberg, The Magical and Educative Properties of P. L. Travers Mary
Poppins
Afterword
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Elizabeth Goodenough has taught at Harvard, Claremont McKenna, Sarah Lawrence Colleges, and at the University of Michigans Residential College, School of Education, and School of Information.
Marilynn Olson was associate editor and then-editor of the Childrens Literature Association Quarterly from November of 1991 through spring of 2000.
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