Henry Carter Hull

Photographs and text help trace the history of American presidential campaigns during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Several children imagine what it would be like to run for U.S. president, thinking about the fun parts, such as appearing on T-shirts and bumper stickers, and the work, including studying the nation's problems and debating issues.

Author examines the 1992 presidential campaign.

Chronicles Sarah Palin's rise to the top of the Republican Party, explains why her candidacy for vice president was so controversial, and discusses the post-election struggles she faced when she returned to Alaska.

After John F. Kennedy's assassination, Robert Kennedyformerly Jack's no-holds-barred political warrioralmost lost hope. He was haunted by his brother's murder, and by the nation's seeming inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, and the war in Vietnam. Bobby sensed the country's pain, and when he announced that he was running for president, the country united behind his hopes. Over the action-packed eighty-two days of his campaign, Americans...

After finding out there has never been a female U.S. president, Grace decides to run in her school's mock election, where she learns about the American electoral system and sets out to be the best person for the job even though her opponent, Thomas, seems to be winning all the boys' votes.

Dick Morris, secret election strategist to President Clinton during the 1996 presidential race, tells the inside story of the campaign, shedding light on the forces the drive politics in the late twentieth-century, and offers his perception of Clinton as a man and politician.

This biography introduces readers to Donald Trump including his early career as a real estate developer, his successful television series the Apprentice and the Celebrity Apprentice, and his rise in politics from the Democratic and Reform Parties to his 2016 victory as the Republican candidate for president. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information....