The President Is Dead!: The Extraordinary Stories of Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond (Updated Edition)

*Updated Edition*

A fun, anecdote-filled, encyclopedic look at the circumstances surrounding the deaths of every president and a few "almost presidents," such as Jefferson Davis.

Packed with fun facts and presidential trivia, The President Is Dead tells you everything you could possibly want to know about how our presidents, from George Washington to George H. W. Bush (who was the most recent president to die), met their ends, the circumstances of their deaths, the pomp of their funerals, and their public afterlives, including stories of attempted grave robbings, reinterments, vandalism, conspiracy theories surrounding their deaths, and much more.

The President Is Dead is filled with never-before-told stories, including a suggestion by one prominent physician to resurrect George Washington from death by transfusing his body with lamb's blood. You may have heard of a plot to rob Abraham Lincoln's body from its grave site, but did you know that there was also attempts to steal Benjamin Harrison's and Andrew Jackson's remains? The book also includes "Critical Death Information," which prefaces each chapter, and a complete visitor's guide to each grave site and death-related historical landmark. An "Almost Presidents" section includes chapters on John Hanson (first president under the Articles of Confederation), Sam Houston (former president of the Republic of Texas), David Rice Atchison (president for a day), and Jefferson Davis. Exhaustively researched, The President Is Dead is richly layered with colorful facts and entertaining stories about how the presidents have passed.

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Author: Louis L. Picone
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 02/04/2020
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781510754546
ISBN10: 1510754547
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | American Government | Executive Branch
- Social Science | Death & Dying
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State

About the Author
Louis L. Picone is the author of Where the Presidents Were Born: The History & Preservation of the Presidential Birthplaces. He holds a master's degree in history and also teaches American history at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Louis is a member of the Authors Guild, Mensa International, and the American Historical Association. He is also a trustee on the board of the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association in Caldwell, New Jersey. He resides in Succasunna, New Jersey, with his wife and two sons.