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PERIGEE Trade Paperback May 2012
GROVER CLEVELAND’S
RUBBER JAW & OTHER
UNUSUAL, UNEXPECTED,
UNBELIEVABLE BUT
ALL-TRUE FACTS ABOUT
AMERICA’S PRESIDENTS
978-0-399-53743-1 • $14.00/$15.00 Can.
Trade Paperback
224 pp./4 1/2” x 8”
Carton: 52
Reference/Trivia
Rights: W00
First serial, UK, translation, audio: Perigee
Other: John White, John White Literary Agency
60 Pound Ridge Road
Cheshire, CT 06410-3412
Publishing History: Original
EAN: 9780399537431 51400
On sale May 1, 2012
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Hail to the Chiefs’ personality quirks, bizarre
behaviors, and other trivialities.
From George Washington to Barack Obama, Grover Cleveland’s Rubber
Jaw collects the strangest true stories about our nation’s leaders, including:
• Andrew Jackson was married to a bigamist
• Martin Van Buren wore pistols in the Senate chamber in case things
got too rowdy
• John Tyler was the most fertile president, fathering fifteen children
with two wives
• Franklin Pierce ran over a woman with his horse while in office and
was arrested, but was released when the police realized he was
the president
• James Garfield could simultaneously write Greek with one hand and
Latin with the other
• Dwight D. Eisenhower’s nickname for his staff driver was
“Private Parts”
MARKETING
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• Online advertising and publicity
• Print features and reviews
• 6-copy solid counter unit with special header
978-0-399-15947-3 @ $84.00/$90.00 Can.
6” w x 8 1/4” h x 7” d
SALES POINTS
• A pop reference book for history buffs and political junkies
• Published in time for the 2012 election season to provide a lighter look at
politics —or a handbook for the candidates
• Illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout
Stephen J. Spignesi is the author of thirty books, including The Italian 100,
The Complete Titanic, The USA Book of Lists, The Essential Stephen King, and
American Firsts. He lives in East Haven, CT.
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