Out of the Tub: President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft MG_Gift_Guide Winner of an American Book

Winner of an American Book Award

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Out of the Tub: President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft MG_Gift_Guide Winner of an American BookSay the name William Howard Taft, and those who recall him at all will say he was the fat president who got stuck in a tub. But did that even happen? More importantly, how did his need for approval and pleasing others propel him first into a legal career, and then, despite hating politics, pull him into the White House and beyond? Find out, too, about the three most influential people in his life: his strict, legal minded father Alphonso, ambitious