San Antonio College Library

Presents biographies of American vicepresidents from John Adams to George Bush.

Of all the great American dynastic families, few could match the combined wealth, power, and influence of the Rockefellers. And of all the Rockefellers, none was more determined to use these advantages than Nelson A. Rockefeller. Nelson was never content to live off the fame and fortune due him as a Rockefeller. His imperious grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, and intimidating father, John Jr., set standards and boundaries that Nelson blithely ignored....

Biography of Vice President Dan Quayle drawn from 200 interviews including 20 with Dan Quayle himself and 4 with his wife.

Standing Firm leaves no doubt that Dan Quayle is the most misjudged figure in modern political history. Prior to 1988, Quayle had never lost an election. Not for Congress. Not even for the Senate. Heading into that year's Republican Convention, Quayle was considered one of the party's brightest young stars - a man of unusual political instincts who, when it came to campaigning, had a reputation as a giant killer. He would become the first in his generation...

A biography covering the personal life and career of the former Senator from Minnesota who was elected Vice-President of the United States in 1976.

A former Vice-President of the United States, who resigned his office in 1973, discusses the events and evidence leading to his resignation.

A sympathetic biography which includes short reminiscences of friends, colleagues and relatives showing how Humphrey's defeats in mayoralty contests and the Presidential election of 1968, were overshadowed by his resiliency to bounce back and continue in American political life.

Describes the life of the American statesman and political theorist who served as Vice President under John Quincy Adams and argued in favor of slavery and laid the groundwork for the South to secede the Union. "A new biography of the intellectual father of Southern secession--the man who set the scene for the Civil War, and whose political legacy still shapes America today. John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American...

"Starting with Nixon's birth in 1913, Earl Mazo has assembled a fascinating, intimate account, based on over three hundred interviews with Nixon's friends and enemies, on material in the Vice-President's files, and on more than two dozen candid interviews with Nixon himself"--from back jacket flap.