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Krull, Kathleen

Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought)

96 pp. | Harcourt | September, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-15-200808-X $$20.00

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. In the spirit of earlier books in the Lives of . . . series, Krull and Hewitt have produced a collection of offbeat sketches, varied in length to match the significance of the subject. Without being malicious or muckraking, they transform icons into human beings with distinct, sometimes quirky, personalities who have more in common with their constituents than one might imagine.

Reviewer: Mary M. Burns | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1998