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050 00 $aE176.49$b.A33 2008
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100 1 $aAbbott, Philip.
245 10 $aAccidental presidents :$bdeath, assassination, resignation and democratic succession /$cPhilip Abbott.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2008.
263 $a0806
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aThe evolving American presidency
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Succession and democratic theory -- "I can never consent to being dictated to" : John Tyler -- "God save us from Whig vice presidents" : Millard Fillmore -- "I care not about my dignity" : Andrew Johnson -- "There's only one life between that madman and the presidency?" : Theodore Roosevelt -- "He isn't Chet anymore, he's the president" : Chester A. Arthur -- "I felt like... all the planets had fallen on me" : Harry S. Truman -- "For millions of Americans I was...an illegal usurper" : Lyndon Baines Johnson -- "I thought I could swing it" : Calvin Coolidge -- "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president" : Gerald Ford -- Conclusion: Refounding succession.
650 0 $aVice-Presidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPresidents$xSuccession$zUnited States.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007048029-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007048029-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007048029-t.html