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A Treasury of Great American Scandals : Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others who let Freedom Swing

Farquhar, Michael. Book on CD - 2004 BOCD 973.009 Fa 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.3 out of 5

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pt. 1. Family ties that bind ... and gag -- 1. Prepare for a shock -- 2. Mother Mary, quite contrary -- 3. Foundering father -- 4. I now pronounce you miserable -- 5. Dishonor thy mother -- 6. A short, ugly story -- 7. With this ring, I thee dread -- 8. Smother-in-law -- 9. One bad apple tree -- 10. Oh, brother! -- pt. 2. Cold wars -- 1. Feuding founding fathers -- 2. Showdown at Weehawken -- 3. Giving the Devil his duel -- 4. Overreaction Jackson -- 5. "The Eaton malaria" -- 6. A not so civil war -- 7. When "Mush" came to shove -- 8. "I'd rather vote for Hitler" -- 9. General dissatisfaction -- 10. LBJ vs. RFK -- pt. 3. Hail to the chaff -- 1. Zachary Taylor -- 2. Franklin Pierce -- 3. James Buchanan -- 4. Andrew Johnson -- 5. Ulysses S. Grant -- 6. Grover Cleveland -- 7. William McKinley -- 8. William Howard Taft -- 9. Woodrow Wilson - 10. John Tyler --
pt. 4. Congressional follies --1. Floor fights -- 2. Sexcapades -- pt. 5. Cruel campaigns -- 1. "One continued tempest of malignant passions" -- 2. "May God Almighty forgive her murderers" -- 3. "A horrid looking wretch he is" -- 4. "Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa?" -- pt. 6. The American Hall of Shame -- 1. Benedict Arnold : hero, traiter, whiner -- 2. Aaron Burr : "Embryo-Caeser" -- 3. Roger Taney : one mean supreme -- 4. Henry Wirz : manufactured monster -- 5. A. Mitchell Palmer : seeing red -- 6. Warren G. Harding : nice guy finishes last -- 7. Joe McCarthy : Wisconsin sleaze -- 8. J. Edgar Hoover : what a drag -- 9. Richard Nixon : say what? -- pt. 7. Murder, madness, and just plain strange episodes -- 1. Bewitched -- 2. The man who would be queen -- 3. Cellar dweller -- 4. Explorer off course -- 5. The case of the cuckholded congressman -- 6. The other assassinations --
pt. 8. Remains to be seen -- 1. Boiling "Mad" 00 2. Tom Paine's farewell tour -- 3. Abe Lincoln's indecent exposure -- 4. The "resurrection" of John Scott Harrison -- 5. John Paul Jones : pickled in Paris.
Performed by Johnny Heller.

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PUBLISHED
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2004.
Year Published: 2004
Description: 7 compact discs (8.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1402571887 :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Heller, Johnny.

SUBJECTS
Scandals -- United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
Statesmen -- Anecdotes.
Politicians -- Anecdotes.
United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
United States -- Politics and government -- Anecdotes.