Título: The President Is Dead!
Autor: Louis L. Picone
Sinopse: *Updated Edition* A fun, anecdote-filled, encyclopedic look at the circumstances surrounding the deaths of every president and a few almost presidents, such as Jefferson Davis. Packed with fun facts and presidential trivia, The President Is Dead! tells you everything you could possibly want to know about how our presidents, from George Washington to George H. W. Bush (who was the most recent president to die), met their ends, the circumstances of their deaths, the pomp of their funerals, and their public afterlives, including stories of attempted grave robbings, reinterments, vandalism, conspiracy theories surrounding their deaths, and much more. The President Is Dead! is filled with never-before-told stories, including a suggestion by one prominent physician to resurrect George Washington from death by transfusing his body with lambs blood. You may have heard of a plot to rob Abraham Lincolns body from its grave site, but did you know that there was also attempts to steal Benjamin Harrison's and Andrew Jacksons remains? The book also includes Critical Death Information, which prefaces each chapter, and a complete visitors guide to each grave site and death-related historical landmark. An Almost Presidents section includes chapters on John Hanson (first president under the Articles of Confederation), Sam Houston (former president of the Republic of Texas), David Rice Atchison (president for a day), and Jefferson Davis. Exhaustively researched, The President Is Dead! is richly layered with colorful facts and entertaining stories about how the presidents have passed. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The President Is Dead!”, de Louis L. Picone, publicado pela editora Skyhorse, em 2016 e com 731 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Skyhorse
Páginas: 731
Ano: 2016
Edição:
Linguagem: English
ISBN: 1510703772
ISBN13: 9781510703773
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Skyhorse oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada pela diversidade temática e pelo equilíbrio entre narrativas densas e conteúdos práticos. O catálogo apresenta desde análises históricas detalhadas, como estudos sobre eventos marcantes e biografias, até guias técnicos e manuais ilustrados, que vão desde sobrevivência militar até jardinagem e culinária. Essa variedade permite ao leitor transitar entre obras mais narrativas e envolventes, como romances e relatos de trauma, e textos informativos e didáticos, com linguagem clara e foco em instruções precisas.
