The Presidents Were Here: A State-by-State Historical Guide - Hardcover

Ralph Gary

9780786437146: The Presidents Were Here: A State-by-State Historical Guide

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786437146 ISBN 13: 9780786437146

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 2008

This is a state-by-state historical survey of places visited by U.S. Presidents (and Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Texas President Sam Houston)--universities, hotels, homes, churches, birthplaces, battlefields, vacation spots and more in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. An appendix covers places visited in England.

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About the Author:

Ralph Gary worked as an attorney for the United States Treasury Department, and has previously written on Abraham Lincoln. He lives in Grapevine, Texas.

Review:

"Ralph Gary has filled a vital and neglected niche in historical writing--following in the footsteps of great men of our past. He did it first with Abraham Lincoln and now with all the Presidents. No one could possibly have done it better--or more persistently. There is a fascination knowing you are walking where great men and women have walked. Gary has shown us where and how to do that, following in the footsteps of the greatest figures in our history, and he has told us why it is important. What he tells us can be emphatically trusted for its comprehensiveness, its depth, and its truth." --John C. Waugh, author of Reelecting Lincoln: the Fight for the 1864 Presidency

"No traveler should ever again attempt to visit a historic site without Ralph Gary's useful, delightful guide in his hand. This essential roadmap to the places our presidents visited brings our collective past to life and will immeasurably enrich our attempts to walk in their footsteps." --Harold Holzer, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, the Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Does more than any other guide of presidential sites in describing these places. Gary has performed a great service for all Americans and visitors to our historic sites." --Frank J. Williams, Chairman, The Lincoln Forum

"Well written and researched...recommended." --American Reference Books Annual

"A worthwhile resource...a good purchase." --Booklist/RBB

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