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For reference librarians, journalists, social media managers, history buffs, and more, a treasure trove of information about the US presidency for each day of the year from the popular, award-winning White House journalist Paul Brandus. The Atlantic calls Brandus "one of the top Washington insiders you should follow on Twitter"--and more than 360,000 people do follow him @WestWingReport.For each of the 366 days of the year, Brandus offers a little-known, fascinating fact; a historical anecdote; and pithy quotes from and about the 45 presidents of the United States--from George Washington to Donald Trump. Arranged by month, This Day in Presidential History will surprise its readers with the inside information that Brandus has uncovered in his years on the White House beat.Here are stories that span war and peace, sex and scandal, frivolity and tragedy--and everything in between, including:* the night Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth met at Ford's Theatre--17 months before Booth's crime.* the advice Richard Nixon gave Donald Trump* the president who immediately went to bed after his swearing in* the only president to be censured by the U.S. Senate* the president who gambled away the White House china* the joyriding teens who crashed into the president's car--and lived to tell the tale.* the secret swearing in* and much more.Brandus's previous book, Under This Roof, was one of Publishers Weekly's "25 Christmas Recommendations."
About the Author
A frequent speaker at presidential libraries around the United States, social media innovator, columnist and longtime White House correspondent, Paul Brandus is the author of the acclaimed Under This Roof: A History of the White House and Presidency and the upcoming This Day in the Presidency (Bernan/Rowman & Littlefield) . An award-winning member of the White House press corps since 2008, he is the founder of West Wing Reports ® (Twitter: @WestWingReport) , and provides reports for of television and radio outlets around the United States and overseas. He is also a columnist for USA Today and MarketWatch/Dow Jones. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publications and platforms, such as CNN, Fox News, Real Clear Politics, National Review and The Week. For The Week, he moderated panel discussions in Washington and around the U.S. on topics like cybersecurity, energy and infrastructure. He has spoken at schools such as the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and served as Executive-in-Residence at Washington & Lee University.Brandus's Twitter account is one of the biggest among all accredited members of the White House press corps. In 2011, he won the Shorty Award for "Best Journalist on Twitter," sponsored by the Knight Foundation. His career spans network television, Wall Street and several years as a correspondent based in Moscow, where he covered the collapse of the Soviet Union for NBC Radio and the award-winning business and economics program "Marketplace." He has traveled to 53 countries and has reported from, among other places, Iraq, Chechnya, China and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Brandus has served on the Board of Governors of the Overseas Press Club of America, serving as its Washington, D.C. representative. He is also an early stage venture capital investor and as an entrepreneur once purchased the Russian rights to the Super Bowl from the National Football League - becoming the first person to show the championship game in Russia.
