![]() ![]() Kennedy as well as lesser-known men such as John Tyler and Calvin Coolidge. Over six weeks, we will learn about towering figures like Thomas Jefferson and John F. ![]() This program will explore such questions through lively discussion with eminent presidential biographers, authors who have delved beyond the pomp and ceremony of the office to uncover the complexities and nuances of presidential lives. But who are the presidents, the flesh-and-blood individuals who rose to the nation’s highest office? What motivated them? How did they achieve their successes and cope with failure? How did their experiences and personalities shape their presidencies? What legacies did they leave behind? Our schools and our political traditions teach us that these larger-than-life men – almost mythic in the power and influence they wielded – uniquely embodied their eras and shaped the country’s destiny. No figure looms as large in American history as the nation’s president. ![]()
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