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Susan Swain

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https://c-span.org/thePresidents

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Susan is the co-CEO of C-SPAN, the public affairs cable TV network offering unfiltered coverage of Washington. For more than 30 years, she has also been one of C-SPAN's principle on-air hosts, interviewing public officials, historians, and political journalists. Working together with C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb and Public Affairs books, Susan has helped publish 10 books of collected interviews, including 2019's "The Presidents," and "First Ladies" in 2015. ...more

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Susan Swain We are currently in the fun and exciting phase of talking about our new book, "The Presidents." Lots of interviews with radio stations across the coun…moreWe are currently in the fun and exciting phase of talking about our new book, "The Presidents." Lots of interviews with radio stations across the country, and author events in D.C., New York, Philly, Boston, and Springfield, IL.(less)

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Susan Swain Aren't we all talking about presidential leadership these days? So, which qualities make a president successful? C-SPAN has conducted 3 national surve…moreAren't we all talking about presidential leadership these days? So, which qualities make a president successful? C-SPAN has conducted 3 national surveys of presidential historians on presidential leadership. Our new book, The Presidents, uses the results of our most recent survey in 2017 as the organizing principle for brief biographies of every president drawn from C-SPAN interviews with top contemporary historians. Each chapter contains fascinating profiles of U.S. presidents from the top rated (Abraham Lincoln) to the lowest rated (James Buchanan). (less)

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	First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women by Susan Swain (Goodreads Author), C-SPAN 3.94 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President by Brian Lamb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Susan Swain (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Supreme Court: A C-SPAN Book, Featuring the Justices in their Own Words by Brian Lamb (Goodreads Author), C-SPAN (Editor), Susan Swain (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Mrs. Ford, “Perhaps no first lady in our history, with the possible exception of Eleanor Roosevelt, has touched so many of us in such a personal way…because she showed [us] it was not wrong for a good person and a strong person to be imperfect and ask for help. You gave us a gift and we thank you.”]”
― Susan Swain, First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women

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“During the election of 1840, supporters of Van Buren started to refer to him as “Old Kinderhook.” The phrase “OK” had just hit the streets in Boston. It was picked up by the campaign as a way to talk about “Old Kinderhook.” It stuck, and “OK” became the universal expression that we use all the time.”
― Susan Swain, First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women

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“There’s one heart-wrenching period where she’s pregnant and she’s writing right up until the time when she begins labor. Because of the time and distance, which is something that is so hard for us to understand now with our instant communication, he’s writing back, hoping that’s she’s going to have a daughter and that everything will be fine. In the meantime, the infant is born dead.”
― Susan Swain, First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women

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