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003 DLC
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008 120601s2012 mdua b 001 0deng
010 $a 2012020637
020 $a9781442218345 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781442218369 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aE176.4$b.W38 2012
082 00 $a973.09/9$aB$223
100 1 $aWatson, Robert P.,$d1962-
245 10 $aAffairs of state :$bthe untold history of presidential love, sex, and scandal, 1789-1900 /$cRobert P. Watson.
260 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield Publishers,$cc2012.
300 $avii, 491 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 461-469) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: They don't teach this stuff in school -- Say it isn't so! -- Presidential peccadilloes -- Ten stories of presidential love, sex, and scandal -- "I profess myself a votary to love" -- "Domestic felicity" -- Slave owner and slave lover -- "A petticoat affair" -- A near miss -- "The Siamese Twins" -- "I can never be satisfied" -- An unlikely union -- Full house -- Beloved goddaughter -- Conclusion: What happens in the Lincoln Bedroom -- Fatal attraction -- Making sense of presidential nonsense.
650 0 $aPresidents$xSexual behavior$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPresidents' spouses$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aAdultery$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aScandals$zUnited States$xHistory.