| Record Number |
804305 |
| ISBN |
9781643580494 (hardcover : alk. paper : large print) |
| Author |
Brower, Kate Andersen author. |
| Title |
First in line : presidents, vice presidents, and the pursuit of power / Kate Andersen Brower. |
| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, [2019] |
| Pagination etc. |
511 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Contents note |
Regular print version previously published by: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents note |
"Safe hands" -- You're a guest in my house -- Two men, two hotel suites -- The art of the vet -- The observatory -- The Second Lady -- Tragedy and trauma -- From Senator to subordinate: the story of Nixon/Eisenhower, Johnson/Kennedy, and Humphrey/Johnson -- Confusion, conflict, and musical chairs: the rocky road of Agnew/Nixon, Ford/Nixon, and Rockefeller/Ford -- Getting to know you...or not: Mondale/Carter, Bush/Reagan, and Quayle/Bush -- From friendship to betrayal: the breakup of Al Gore and Bill Clinton -- The shadow president: Cheney and his sidekick Bush -- Fanboy: the love story of Joe and Barack -- Man on a wire: Mike Pence's tightrope act -- A heartbeat away. |
| Summary Note |
An intimate, news-making look at the men who are next in line to the most powerful office in the world, the vice presidents of the modern era, from Richard Nixon to Joe Biden to Mike Pence. |
| Subject |
Large print books |
| Large type books |
| Politics and Government |
| Vice-Presidents |
| Vice-Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century |
| Vice-Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century |
| United States -- Politics and government -- 21sth century |
| United States |
| United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century |
| United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century |
| Collective biographies |
| Collective biographies |
| Large type books |
| History. |
| Large type books |
| Shelf Location |
LP 973.92 BROW |
