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November 19 Birthday: James Garfield

Anne — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:38:17 +0000

James Garfield, U.S. President

Nov. 19, 1831-Sept. 19, 1881

Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (Harcourt, 1998)

One pithy paragraph about the 20th president who had a dog named Veto is included in this book about U.S. presidents.

Visit the White House to learn more about Garfield.

November 4 Birthday: James Earle Fraser

Anne — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:53:05 +0000

James Earle Fraser, sculptor

Nov. 4, 1876-Oct. 11, 1953

The Buffalo Nickel by Taylor Morrison (Houghton Mifflin, 2002)

This is the story of Fraser’s life and work, and in particular, his design of the nickel depicting a buffalo on one side and a Plains Indian chief on the other. Fascinating.

Visit Wikipedia to view images of Fraser’s other work.

November 2 Birthday: James Polk

Anne — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:50:23 +0000

James Polk, U.S. President

Nov. 2, 1795-June 15, 1849

Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt(Harcourt, 1998)

Another one-termer, Polk was the 11th president of the U.S. The tradition of playing “Hail to the Chief” when a president enters a room began with him. One paragraph describes his life of work in this collective biography.

Read Polk’s Inaugural address on March 4, 1845 at the Avalon Project at Yale.