The personal lives of the American Presidents

Doug Wead and President George H. W. Bush in the private quarters of the White House

Presidential historian, Doug Wead, tracks the lives of the most powerful families in the world - the fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and children of the American presidents. More than 850 sources, including interviews with 6 presidential families, backup this valuable resource on the personal struggles and triumphs of the families. How do the the Obama and McCain families compare?

(Doug Wead with President George H. W. Bush in the East Sitting Hall upstairs at the White House.) 


Obama and his grandmother?

“She was suspicious of overwrought sentiments or overblown claims, content with common sense.” - Senator Barack Obama on Mrs. Madelyn Dunham, the grandmother who raised him as her own.

CBS Early Show: Malia and Sahsa in the White House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc0ffwqgym0

Caroline Kennedy as a Senator? Other presidents' kids in the Senate?

http://dougwead.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/caroline-kennedy-in-the-senate-an-historic-perspective/

Obama and his grandmother.

http://dougwead.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/obama-and-his-grandmother/

 

Wall Street Journal Story on Obama’s – McCain’s parents.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122463029446156361.html

First Families Book Series

From Presidential Historian and New York Times bestselling author Doug Wead,

The Raising of a President

Raising of a President

All the Presidents Children

Children of the American Presidents


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