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Bringing Down A President

Bringing Down A President

The Watergate Scandal

Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy; illustrations by Tim Foley

Roaring Brook Press

Bringing Down A President
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A middle-grade retelling of Richard Nixon's downfall, Bringing Down A President: The Watergate Scandal is an inventive and timely look at one of the biggest scandals to ever rock our nation by Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy, featuring graphic novel style illustrations by Tim Foley.

Comprised almost completely of primary source quotes (good thing Nixon's recorder was on) and interspersed with contextual narrative, this captivating account of the trials and tribulations of the Nixon Administration has been rendered screenplay style offering an extraordinarily immediate narrative of one of America's most turbulent eras.

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FLY ON THE WALL: It is hard to say when a historical event begins, but one place to start the story of Watergate might be February 16, 1971. On that day, President Richard M. Nixon and his faithful aide Alexander...

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Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy; illustrations by Tim Foley

Tim Foley was born in Flint, Michigan, and attended college at the Kendall School of Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His has illustrated such books as The Space Race: Nose Diving Into History, The Wright Brothers: Nose Diving Into History, and Is it Safe to Kiss My Cat?

Tim lives and works in Grand Rapids with his wife, Terri.

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