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This class, given this spring at Wabash Area Lifetime Learning
Association, Inc. at Purdue University in West Lexington, Indiana was
based on a PBS series about the American presidency. Members examined
the five common themes about presidents that have been identified by author
Philip Kunhardt, Jr. and sons. The course outline included the following:
Introduction to Thematic Study of the American President: The Heroic
Posture: Washington
The Heroic Posture: William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Comprise Choices: Franklin Pierce, James A. Garfield, Warren
G. Harding
The Professional Politician: Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan,
Abraham Lincoln
Compromise Choices: Gerald Ford and The Professional Politician:
Lyndon Johnson
An Independent Cast of Mind: John Adams, Zachary Taylor, Rutherford
B. Hayes
Family Ties: John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin
D. Roosevelt
An Independent Cast of Mind: Jimmy Carter and Family Ties:
John F. Kennedy
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August 29, 2008
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