Every Four Years: The American Presidency

This is revised first printing edition of the American Presidency: Every Four Years. This book is an observance of the Constitutional Obligation to elect a President every four years. It traces the evolution of the democratic spirit in successive eras. It begins with George Washington and ends with Carter. It is divided into different parts: Part I-The Presidential Paradigm, Washington's "Relics" and Portraying the Presidents, Part 2- The President as Patrician, They Weren't all Lawyers, and Presidential Stature, Part 3-The President as Popular Tribune, Private Lives, His Superfluous Excellency. Part 4-The Presidential Apotheosis, The Assassins and A President in Richmond, Part 5- The President in the Age of the Politico, Also Rans and Change Presidents ...and Waltz, Part 6-The President as Progressive, I Give You The Man Who... and Symbols and Images Part 7-The President of the Age of PR, Taking the Presidency Home, Cartooning the Presidents and The Once and Future Presidency.