{"product_id":"9780805069563","title":"Warren G. Harding (American Presidents Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresident Nixon's former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarren G. Harding may be best known as America's worst president. Scandals plagued him: the Teapot Dome affair, corruption in the Veterans Bureau and the Justice Department, and the posthumous revelation of an extramarital affair. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in Marion, Ohio, Harding took hold of the small town's newspaper and turned it into a success. Showing a talent for local politics, he rose quickly to the U.S. Senate. His presidential campaign slogan, \"America's present need is not heroics but healing, not nostrums but normalcy,\" gave voice to a public exhausted by the intense politics following World War I. Once elected, he pushed for legislation limiting the number of immigrants; set high tariffs to relieve the farm crisis after the war; persuaded Congress to adopt unified federal budget creation; and reduced income taxes and the national debt, before dying unexpectedly in 1923. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wise and compelling biography, John W. Dean—no stranger to controversy himself—recovers the truths and explodes the myths surrounding our twenty-ninth president's tarnished legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47975321895152,"sku":"9780805069563","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780805069563_p0.jpg?v=1763724288","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780805069563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}