Showcase Author
Richard Lederer
All 'round goofy guy and
devoted Verbivore
Author of at least 24 books...
Latest book:
"Presidential Trivia:
the Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of our American Presidents"
Trade paperback book by Gibbs Smith Publishers, September,
2007, 150 pages, $9.95
2008 page-a-day calendar by Pomegranate,
August 1, 2007, $11.95
Do you know that no president has been an only child?
Do you know that, before his death, Gerald Ford became our longest-lived
former president, surpassing Ronald Reagan and (!) John Adams?
Do you know that John F. Kennedy was not our youngest president? Kennedy
was, at the age of 43 the youngest man ever to have been elected president,
but Theodore Roosevelt became president at 42, when William McKinley was
assassinated. When TR’s second term was over, he was still only
50 years old, making him the youngest ex-president. Bill Clinton was the
next youngest, having left office at the age of 54.
Do you know that Abigail Smith Adams and Barbara Pierce Bush are the
only two women to have been both the wife of a president and the mother
of another president. But Barbara Pierce Bush possesses another distinction.
he is also a descendant of Thomas Pierce, an ancestor of Franklin Pierce.
Barbara Bush is a fourth cousin four times removed of President Pierce.
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Richard offers insight to his method of writing on the next page...
In Richard's new book, you’ll
find hundreds of intriguing firsts, mosts, onlys, patterns, and quizzes
about our presidents, vice presidents, and first ladies. You’ll have
fun learning a lot about their lives (even their medical records and
their pets), their accomplishments, and their roles in American history.
Here are a few of the fascinating facts
about our presidents that appear in Presidential Trivia.
