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Smithsonian education a family visit to the smithsonian. George washington owned a profitable whiskey distillery. Smithsonian history smithsonian institution archives. The big book of presidential trivia covers everything from campaign slogans, facts about elections, accomplishments and failures of the presidents, what they did before and after they were president, fun facts, bad boys that got caught, illnesses, deaths and more. After i finish that group of 240 biographies, i plan to go back and read the best presidential biographies i missed the first time through, the best of the presidential biographies that were published after i finished a particular president, and the best biographies of folks who were historically important but were never president alexander. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. There are full page and two page color spreads of books in all their glory. Still, all in all, this is a good reference book for any presidential trivia buff from casual to diehard.
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