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Sex with presidents : the ins and outs of love and lust in the White House / Eleanor Herman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Harper large print editionDescription: 510 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063028951
  • 0063028956
Other title:
  • Ins and outs of love and lust in the White House
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Contents:
Introduction -- Article I: Sources -- Article II: The changing White House -- The men who become president, risk-taking narcissism -- Alexander Hamilton and the impulse of passion -- Thomas Jefferson's pursuit of happiness -- Grover Cleveland's high character -- Woodrow Wilson's throbbing pulses -- Warren G. Harding's excruciating joy -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the good-looking ladies -- Dwight Eisenhower out of practice in love -- John F. Kennedy's terrible headaches -- Lyndon Johnson and half the people in the world -- Gary Hart and the monkey business that changed everything -- Bill Clinton did not have sex with that woman -- Donald Trump can do anything -- From ooh-la-la to bunga bunga: the political sex scandals of other nations -- Conclusion.
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Large Print Book Large Print Book Dr. James Carlson Library Large Print NonFiction 973.099 H551 Checked out 06/13/2024 33111009755600
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print NonFiction 973.099 H551 Available 33111010403729
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In this fascinating work of popular history, the New York Times bestselling author of Sex with Kings and The Royal Art of Poison uncovers the bedroom secrets of American presidents and explores the surprising ways voters have reacted to their leaders' sex scandals.



While Americans have a reputation for being strait-laced, many of the nation's leaders have been anything but puritanical. Alexander Hamilton had a steamy affair with a blackmailing prostitute. John F. Kennedy swam nude with female staff in the White House swimming pool. Is it possible the qualities needed to run for president--narcissism, a thirst for power, a desire for importance--go hand in hand with a tendency to sexual misdoing

In this entertaining and eye-opening book, Eleanor Herman revisits some of the sex scandals that have rocked the nation's capital and shocked the public, while asking the provocative questions: does rampant adultery show a lack of character or the stamina needed to run the country Or perhaps both While Americans have judged their leaders' affairs harshly compared to other nations, did they mostly just hate being lied to And do they now clearly care more about issues other than a politician's sex life

What is sex like with the most powerful man in the world Is it better than with your average Joe And when America finally elects a female president, will she, too, have sexual escapades in the Oval Office

Includes bibliographical references (pages [505]-510).

Introduction -- Article I: Sources -- Article II: The changing White House -- The men who become president, risk-taking narcissism -- Alexander Hamilton and the impulse of passion -- Thomas Jefferson's pursuit of happiness -- Grover Cleveland's high character -- Woodrow Wilson's throbbing pulses -- Warren G. Harding's excruciating joy -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the good-looking ladies -- Dwight Eisenhower out of practice in love -- John F. Kennedy's terrible headaches -- Lyndon Johnson and half the people in the world -- Gary Hart and the monkey business that changed everything -- Bill Clinton did not have sex with that woman -- Donald Trump can do anything -- From ooh-la-la to bunga bunga: the political sex scandals of other nations -- Conclusion.

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