Presidential Passions: The Love Affairs of America's Presidents--from Washington and Jefferson to Kennedy and JohnsonAn intimate, and often shocking, look at the true extramarital exploits of America's Presidents. Beyond JFK's notorious philandering (a proven national security danger), surprising "affairs of state" involve presidents from LBJ to Eisenhower all the way back to Jefferson (who kept a slave mistress) and Washington. Photographs. |
Contents
FOREWORD by John H Davis | 1 |
INTRODUCTION by Michael John Sullivan | 9 |
Chapter Rage | 15 |
2 | 29 |
345 | 47 |
6 | 91 |
7 | 101 |
8 | 109 |
13 | 167 |
14 | 177 |
The Reluctant Bigamist | 199 |
The Ambiguous Bachelor | 205 |
Love for Sale | 213 |
Sex and the Seven Saints | 219 |
20 | 227 |
21 | 237 |
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