by Mike Purdy | Dec 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
With the 2016 Presidential election gearing up more and more, I’ve been following the campaign and noting similarities and differences with previous Presidential campaigns and elections. I’ve created a “2016 Election” tab on my website...
by Mike Purdy | Sep 28, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Books
Abraham Lincoln, ranked by most historians and citizens as our greatest president, is the subject of a book published in February 2015. Written by Richard Wightman Fox, a history professor at the University of Southern California, Lincoln’s Body: A Cultural...
by Mike Purdy | Sep 21, 2015 | Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, Books, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, John Tyler, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant, Warren Harding, White House, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson
“Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency” is a delightful, well-written, and well-researched collection of stories about the White House and our Presidents. The book is highly readable and I strongly recommend it. White House and American...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 26, 2015 | Elections, Post Presidencies, Presidential Sites, Religion
On Monday, August 24, 2015, I moderated a one hour Twitter chat on presidential history with social studies and history teachers from across the country (primarily middle school and high school). It was a fun opportunity to interact with these dedicated teachers on...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 16, 2015 | Scandals, Warren Harding, Wives and Mistresses
President Warren G. Harding has a number of claims to fame (or infamy): He consistently ranks at the very bottom for presidential performance His administration was racked with the infamous Teapot Dome scandal that sent a cabinet secretary to jail He was known for his...
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