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He was a dirt farmer's son; she was the daughter of wealthy Southern aristocrats. He was the Great Emancipator; she was the daughter of slave-owners. Together they ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation's history.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt restored hope to a country that had lost it, led the nation during the greatest war in history and championed the common man.
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A skillful politician, a tough Cold Warrior and one of America's least understood presidents.
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The story of an ambitious peanut farmer who rose to become America's thirty-ninth president. A failure in his single term in office, Carter turned to humanitarian work as an ex-president.
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A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy, the Kennedy story is unlike any other.
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One of the most astute, perplexing and larger-than-life figures in modern American history.
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One of the most enigmatic modern political figures, Richard Nixon inspired divided passions in America.
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The life of the president who saw America as a "shining city on a hill" and himself as its heroic defender.
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Author, soldier, scientist, outdoorsman and caring father, he was the youngest man to become president.
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The story of the unlikely rise of a gritty American original.
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The dramatic story of one of America's most paradoxical leaders. The greatest hero of the Civil War, Grant was an ineffective president whose two terms in office were rocked by racial conflict and corruption scandals.
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He was a confident and gifted orator who craved affection and demanded loyalty. An intellectual with unwavering moral principles, he led America at a time of war and chaos. Woodrow Wilson explores the transformation of a history professor into one of America's greatest presidents.
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