Download or read book American Heritage History of the Presidents written by Michael R. Beschloss and published by New Word City, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-19 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, from American Heritage, is the story of our presidents. From George Washington’s reluctant oath-taking through George W. Bush’s leadership challenges after September 11, 2001, we view ambitious and fallible men through the new lens of the twenty-first century. Where did they succeed? Where did they fail? And what do we know now that we could not have known at the time?