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    The President's Book Club: What Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR Read for Guidance
    The President's Book Club: What Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR Read for Guidance
    The President's Book Club: What Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR Read for Guidance
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    The President's Book Club: What Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR Read for Guidance

    Written by Joseph Luzzi

    Narrated by Joseph Luzzi

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    An expert in literature dissects what some most prominent American presidents had in their libraries and what authors shaped their decisions that changed history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateJul 6, 2021
    ISBN9781666547429
    The President's Book Club: What Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR Read for Guidance
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    Joseph Luzzi

    Joseph Luzzi is Associate Professor of Italian and Director of Italian Studies at Bard College, USA, and the author of Romantic Europe and the Ghost of Italy (2008), which received the MLA's Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies and was named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice (2009).

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