a treasury of royal scandals by michael farquhar

TheAmerican Hall of Shame -1.Benedict Arnold : hero, traiter, whiner -2.Aaron Burr : 'Embryo-Caeser' -3.Roger Taney : one mean supreme -4.Henry Wirz : manufactured monster -5.A. 'Ahorrid looking wretch he is' -4.'Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa?' -pt. 5.Cruel campaigns -1.'One continued tempest of malignant passions' -2.'May God Almighty forgive her murderers' -3. 4.Congressional follies -1.Floor fights -2.Sexcapades -pt. Grant -6.Grover Cleveland -7.William McKinley -8.William Howard Taft -9.Woodrow Wilson -10.John Tyler -pt. 3.Hail to the chaff -1.Zachary Taylor -2.Franklin Pierce -3.James Buchanan -4.Andrew Johnson -5.Ulysses S.

Anot so civil war -7.When 'Mush' came to shove -8.'I'd rather vote for Hitler' -9.General dissatisfaction -10.LBJ vs. 2.Cold wars -1.Feuding founding fathers -2.Showdown at Weehawken -3.Giving the Devil his duel -4.Overreaction Jackson -5. Ashort, ugly story -7.With this ring, I thee dread -8.Smother-in-law -9.One bad apple tree -10.Oh, brother! -pt. and gag -1.Prepare for a shock -2.Mother Mary, quite contrary -3.Foundering father -4.I now pronounce you miserable -5.Dishonor thy mother -6. A complete listing of presidential administrations!.A brief history of the United States, including scandals!.

We can take comfort in the fact that we are no worse and no better than our forebears. Ineffectual presidents, lazy generals, traitors treacherous fathers, nagging mothers, ungrateful children, embarrassing siblings and stories about insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex too. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and infamous sex scandals that have punctuated our history, we see our founding fathers and other American heroes in the course of their all-too-human events. Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals.

A treasury of royal scandals by michael farquhar