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America's fascination with the United States presidency meets a travel guide in this state-by-state historical survey of presidential places, structures and sites. The work identifies and describes universities, hotels, homes, churches, birthplaces, battlefields, vacation spots and more in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. An introduction provides a brief biographical overview of each of the 43 presidents as well as Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Texas President Sam Houston, and an appendix offers highlights of places visited in England. On-site research makes this a fascinating read for the actual as well as the armchair historian and traveler.

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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. -- John C. Waugh, author of Reelecting Lincoln: the Fight for the 1864 Presidency John C. Waugh, author of Reelecting Lincoln: the Fight for the 1864 Presidency

"""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. -- John C. Waugh, author of Reelecting Lincoln: the Fight for the 1864 Presidency ""John C. Waugh, author of Reelecting Lincoln: the Fight for the 1864 Presidency"""

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

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