What presidents are made of?

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of by hannah piven george washington was the first president of the united states abraham lincoln ended slavery franklin d roosevelt led the united states during world war ii but

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jokes they played with their children here's a look at presidents from george washington to barack obama in moments that don't usually appear in history books, take a look at washington fighting fires or clinton living life to the fullest or jimmy carter helping to the homeless see the characters of the men i have lived in the white house i have seen what presidents george washington are made of good deeds in george washington's time there was no fire department if a house caught on fire everyone was supposed to those nearby would help put it out just months before he died at the age of 67, Washington was riding down the street when he heard that a fire had broken out near the market, he jumped off his horse and began pumping water to throw it on the flames when the people saw the first president fighting the fire to which they ran. help presidents are made of comfortable shoes thomas jefferson hated stuffy formal manners he wore shabby clothes and muddy boots inside the white house officials from other countries were surprised when he greeted them in a bathrobe and slippers jefferson even took his pet mockingbird to fly free through the presidents of the white house are made of bad temper andrew jackson fought andrew jackson fought in several duels mainly with people who had insulted his wife in a duel jackson was shot in the chest the bullet was too close to his heart to be extracted and remained there all his life a man who once dueled with jackson simply said i had a fight with jackson a guy wasn't fashionable no presidents are made of humble pie abraham lincoln abraham lincoln loved puns and funny jokes and even made fun of himself many times people thought he was ugly and Lincoln agreed with him when someone called him two-faced.

Lincoln responded if he had another face, do you think he would use this one? Presidents are made of speed demons. Ulysses Grant loved to drive his one-horse carriage fast sometimes. One day, a little too quickly, a police officer who didn't recognize the president stopped him as he ran through the streets of Washington and gave him a twenty-dollar fine for speeding. Grant paid the money and wrote a letter praising the police officer for doing his job. well, presidents are made of infinite energy theodore roosevelt studied judo rode horses rode boats played tennis climbed mountains and hunted in africa had pillow fights and played hide and seek with his children and always wanted to be one roosevelt loved don't waste your time, create , take action, take a stand wherever you are and be someone, take action, presidents are made of greatness, william tower, howard taft, our heaviest president weighed over 300 pounds, three times as much as our last president, james madison, It was so big that it got trapped.

Taft, the White House bathtub, received a new one that weighs a ton and can hold four average-sized people. Many thought Taft was cheerful because of his size as Santa Claus, but in reality he was miserable being president after becoming chief justice. court a job he liked much more presidents are made of fun and games calvin coolidge calvin coolidge said so little that his nickname went silent cal once a woman sitting next to him at dinner told coolidge that she had made a bet Because she could get more than two words out of him, you lose, she told him, but calm, quiet, Coolidge rode a mechanical horse for exercise every morning, shouting like a cowboy, presidents are picky eaters, even though Franklin D.

Roosevelt He was president, he couldn't control what was served to him at meals. The White House housekeeper was a terrible cook and insisted on making things she hated like broccoli, even on a special occasion it didn't mean she would serve fancy food for a luncheon celebrating Roosevelt's re-election. She offered chicken salad rolls without butter and cake without frosting, but Roosevelt couldn't bring himself to fire her, he would simply make herself an egg salad sandwich if she was still hungry after a meal presidents are made of lifesavers john f kennedy served in the navy during World War II and his ship was sunk by a Japanese The ship Kennedy saved the life of a wounded soldier by taking the end of the man's life jacket between his teeth and towing him through the water to an island three miles away when He was later asked how he became a war hero.

Kennedy responded that it was absolutely involuntary my ship sinks presidents are made of all thumbs richard m nixon had a secret tape recorder in his office but since he was terrible with machines nixon made the tape recorder automatic with no buttons to press it turned on as soon as someone later nixon began to speak and the people who worked for him committed crimes and lied about them to the public but the tapes recorded the truth about what had really happened those tapes forced nixon to resign and leave the white house presidents are made of glamor years before he became president and before that he married his wife, gerald r.

Ford, a handsome former football star, dated a model together, the two posed for a ski weekend layout called A Weekend in the Lives of Beautiful People in Look magazine, Ford had a copy from the magazine, but as he said. it's not something that can be flaunted on camera presidents are made of helping hands helping people is important to jimmy carter he taught sunday school while he was president and then decided to dedicate his time to doing good for others carter travels all over the world trying to make peace between countries and one week a year he builds houses for homeless people for an organization called Habitat for Humanity.

International presidents are made of sweet things. Ronald Reagan loved jelly beans and he had a jar on his desk to share, but he tried to keep his favorite, the coconut ones. Reagan himself was the first movie star to become president after college; he worked in radio and then in movies and soon became famous in a bonzo bedtime movie in which he starred with a chimpanzee. Reagan used some of the money he earned making movies to buy his parents a The House is Made of Two Left Feet. George Bush met his wife Barbara at a dance. He wanted to meet the woman in the red and green dress, but he was embarrassed to ask her to dance, so they just talked about her at her wedding.

George finally danced. with barbara but he warned her that she had better enjoy it he would never dance in public again presidents are made of enthusiasm bill clinton does everything at full speed he loves to eat people have seen him chew an apple in a few bites skin core seeds and everything and devour an entire cake without even using a fork. He also loved to read, play jazz saxophone and talk. One of his teachers in elementary school even gave him a C for raising his hand too soon. Presidents are made of sports fans. George W. Bush is the first. president having owned a baseball team before becoming president bought a share in the texas rangers bush loves baseball but didn't buy the team just for fun paid less than a million dollars for his share and then sold it for more than 15 million presidents are made of hopes and dreams barack obama learned one thing from his family's stories about his father the key to success is believing that you can succeed no matter what obama does, get good grades, shoot baskets or run for office. president, he is confident in his possibilities His wife's brother says that Obama plays basketball the same way he goes through life.

He is confident and not afraid to throw the ball. He wants to try to win. I hope boys and girls have enjoyed this book. I know it's a really unique way of looking at some of the things. The presidents, I know they are not all here, all the presidents are here, from George Washington to Barack Obama. This book was published in 2012, so it doesn't include our current president or anything about the upcoming election. I hope you enjoyed the book.