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Master Presidential History in 1 Minute a Day
How many of the presidents were founding brothers? Who decided on America’s gold standard? What was Lincoln’s nickname? Amaze your friends and stun your coworkers with these answers and more from Master Presidential History in 1 Minute a Day .
Join acclaimed historian Dan Roberts—known to millions as the voice of the A Moment in Time radio series—on a bite-sized romp through the history of over 200 years of American Presidents. With just one minute a day, you can master all the essential facts of America’s greatest leaders, policies, conflicts, trivia, and more! Packed with full-color photographs, paintings, and lively mini essays, Master Presidential History in 1 Minute a Day is the perfect armchair companion for history lovers and history learners alike.
Join acclaimed historian Dan Roberts—known to millions as the voice of the A Moment in Time radio series—on a bite-sized romp through the history of over 200 years of American Presidents. With just one minute a day, you can master all the essential facts of America’s greatest leaders, policies, conflicts, trivia, and more! Packed with full-color photographs, paintings, and lively mini essays, Master Presidential History in 1 Minute a Day is the perfect armchair companion for history lovers and history learners alike.
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304 pages, Paperback
Published July 21, 2020
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About the author
Dan Roberts
3 books1 followerDan Roberts is the consummate teacher-scholar with an uncanny ability to bring history to life for his students through his work in the classroom, for his millions of listeners on the radio with "A Moment in Time," and for the many readers of his written work, including his latest book, Master American History in 1 Minute a Day. The study and appreciation of history has rarely been so accessible to so many.
If anyone can be accurately described as a Renaissance man, it would be Dan McDonald Roberts, Jr. executive producer and host of the award-winning radio series A Moment in Time. Created to excite and enlighten the public about the past and its relevance to the present and impact on the future, A Moment in Time is a captivating historical narrative that is currently broadcast worldwide.
After receiving a BA in history from Presbyterian College in 1969, Roberts served as an officer in the US Army, including a tour in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star in 1971. Roberts began training as a Presbyterian minister and completed his professional education at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1974. In August, 1986, he served as guest chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1990, Roberts obtained a master's degree from the University of Richmond and, in 1997, a PhD in early modern British history and American colonial history from the University of Virginia. He is currently a professor of liberal arts and history at the University of Richmond and serves as chair of the department of liberal arts at the School of Professional and Continuing Studies. He has also been a guest contributor and columnist for Education Week, USA Today, Scripps-Howard papers, and Richmond Times-Dispatch. He is often heard as a history commentator on CNN, CNN Headline News, and Fox News.
Dan is a popular jazz pianist and an avid reader. He travels each year to a part of the world for research in his continuous quest to bring history to life. He also spends a great deal of time on the road as a popular speaker for corporations, organizations, and national audiences.
Roberts has three children: Heather Elizabeth Roberts Gill, Kathleen Taylor Roberts, and Daniel McDonald Roberts, III. He also has two lovely granddaughters: Ava McKenzie Hunt and Gerica Gill.
If anyone can be accurately described as a Renaissance man, it would be Dan McDonald Roberts, Jr. executive producer and host of the award-winning radio series A Moment in Time. Created to excite and enlighten the public about the past and its relevance to the present and impact on the future, A Moment in Time is a captivating historical narrative that is currently broadcast worldwide.
After receiving a BA in history from Presbyterian College in 1969, Roberts served as an officer in the US Army, including a tour in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star in 1971. Roberts began training as a Presbyterian minister and completed his professional education at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1974. In August, 1986, he served as guest chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1990, Roberts obtained a master's degree from the University of Richmond and, in 1997, a PhD in early modern British history and American colonial history from the University of Virginia. He is currently a professor of liberal arts and history at the University of Richmond and serves as chair of the department of liberal arts at the School of Professional and Continuing Studies. He has also been a guest contributor and columnist for Education Week, USA Today, Scripps-Howard papers, and Richmond Times-Dispatch. He is often heard as a history commentator on CNN, CNN Headline News, and Fox News.
Dan is a popular jazz pianist and an avid reader. He travels each year to a part of the world for research in his continuous quest to bring history to life. He also spends a great deal of time on the road as a popular speaker for corporations, organizations, and national audiences.
Roberts has three children: Heather Elizabeth Roberts Gill, Kathleen Taylor Roberts, and Daniel McDonald Roberts, III. He also has two lovely granddaughters: Ava McKenzie Hunt and Gerica Gill.
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June 24, 2020
I love a good compilation of Presidential stories, and this one did not disappoint. I thought by the title you would get one minute on each President, but you got so much more. You get segments that last one minute, but if you wanted to read more segments you could. This book was not biased, but very honest about the accomplishments of each man (one day it will be a woman) and even the failures. Sometime the author talks about the corruptness of some and the honest guys that got hustled in by crooks, too.
This would be a wonderful book for someone wanting to study Presidential history or brush up on your President facts for trivia competitions.
This is well written, well researched and I found it very entertaining.
This would be a wonderful book for someone wanting to study Presidential history or brush up on your President facts for trivia competitions.
This is well written, well researched and I found it very entertaining.
October 9, 2020
This is a great and very informational book about every President of the United States. In the introduction the book explains the founding fathers and how the Constitution was formed and how presidents are elected and the electoral college. Then it list every President, their history and each one has several pages about them, what they accomplished, what challenges they faced, their not good moments and a overall view of their Presidency. It is very interesting.
August 8, 2021
The print is too small for a Kindle and the eBook will not let you adjust the size. Looks like a pdf that they made for an eBook. I only downloaded a sample and will not buy the full book because of its price.
June 23, 2025
Full of inaccuracies and misprints.
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