Strong or weak, rich or poor, Republican or Democrat or Whig, all of the Presidents of the United States have had two things in common. They have all been human beings; they have all, because of the offices they held, been subject to the fascinated scrutiny of their fellow Americans.

With this thought firmly in mind, Richard Armour fixes each of the holders of the nation's highest office with an American Eagle-eye. The result is a collection of wonderfully witty portraits in verse, by turns reverent, irreverent, satirical, and hilarious.

From the beginning of the Presidency:

    When George the Third was
        England’s king,
    Our George was first in
        everything;
    First in war and peace and
        hearts —
    With him our nation’s story
        starts.

Right up to the present time when:

    In view of the present
    President’s task
    We face Mount Vernon
    And solemnly ask,
    “Are you there, old fellow?”
    Sorry to trouble you—
    How’d you like to be President
    Now, GW?”

Richard Armour provides a thoroughly enjoyable romp through the fame and foibles of our country's thirty-six leaders from Washington through Johnson.

...a mountain of scholarly research is here concealed beneath a light-hearted exterior. The many-sided talents of Thomas Jefferson; ways to remember such unremembered Presidents as Polk, Fillmore, Pierce and Arthur; the scandals which shook the administrations of Grant and Harding; the depressions, wars, policies, and doctrines which have shaped our history are all deftly included...

In brief, this is a book which will appeal to all ages; to the youngsters who may grow up to be President and to their parents who, somehow, never quite made it.

From the dust jacket