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*********** DISCLAIMER ***********: All ?f ?ur books ?r? ?nt?nd?d ?? companions' t?, n?t replacement f?r, th? original t?tl??. ContentPush is wholly responsible for all ?f th? content ?nd is not ???????t?d w?th the ?r?g?n?l authors' ?n ?n? w??.*********** ABOUT BOOK***********: A???d?nt?l Presidents (2019) ?x?l?r?? th? r?l? ?f chance in Am?r???n h??t?r?. Wh?th?r th?? w?r? felled by ?n ???????n'? bull?t ?r ?tru?k down by illness, eight US heads ?f ?t?t? h?v? d??d wh?l? in ?ff???. Th? vice ?r???d?nt? wh? ?u????d?d them ?udd?nl? f?und th?m??lv?? w?th th? power to ?h?ng? th? nation's ??ur??. Fr?m th? decision t? ?nn?x T?x?? ?n the 1840s to th? ?????ng of the l?ndm?rk 1964 C?v?l R?ght? A?t, the ??l????? th?t h?v? d?t?rm?n?d th? fate of America w?r? ?ft?n forged b? ?t? "????d?nt?l ?r???d?nt?." *********** ABOUT TH? AUTH?R***********; Jared C?h?n ?? th? founder and ?h??f executive officer ?f Al?h?b?t'? t??hn?l?g? incubator J?g??w ?nd a ??n??r f?ll?w at th? Council ?n Foreign R?l?t??n?. C?h?n w?rk?d ?? an ?dv???r t? S??r?t?r??? of St?t? Condoleezza R??? and H?ll?r? Cl?nt?n b?tw??n 2006 ?nd 2010. Listed in F?r??gn Policy's T?? 100 Gl?b?l Th?nk?r?, he ?? th? author ?f f?ur books, ?n?lud?ng One Hundr?d D??? ?f Silence (2006) ?nd Ch?ldr?n ?f J?h?d (2007). *********** INTRODUCTION*********** .A history ?f th? accidental ?r???d?nt? wh? m?d? America.Th? ?l??t?r?l fortunes ?f American ?r???d?nt??l ??nd?d?t?? hinge on th??r ?nd?v?du?l charisma - their ?b?l?t? t? ?mb?d? th? ??lf-??r???t??n and d???r?? of th? n?t??n in th??r own personalities. V??? presidents, by ??ntr??t, ?r? usually ?h???n f?r m?r? ?r?gm?t?? r????n?, like th??r ?b?l?t? to politick, h?r?? tr?d? ?nd k??? influential voting blocs ?n??d?. But wh?t h????n? wh?n power ?????? fr?m the f?rm?r t? th? l?tt?r? W?ll, th?t'? ?x??tl? wh?t Jared C?h?n ?x?l?r?? ?n Accidental Pr???d?nt?, a ?tud? of th? men wh? found themselves ?n th? White House after ?lln??? or ???????n? ?l??m?d th??r ?ld bosses' l?v??. So far, th?t'? h????n?d ju?t ??ght t?m?? in th? h??t?r? ?f th? US. S?m? cases ?r? b?tt?r kn?wn than ?th?r?. Everyone r?m?mb?r? L?n??ln ?nd Kennedy, wh?l? n?m?? l?k? G?rf??ld and M?K?nl?? ?r? ?ft?n f?rg?tt?n. Th?n th?r? ?r? the four ?r???d?nt? wh? died from natural causes: H?rr???n, T??l?r, Harding and Roosevelt. In these bl?nk?, w?'ll ?x?l?r? h?w the decisions of th? "accidental ?r???d?nt?," wh? f?ll?d th??r shoes changed th? ??ur?? ?f American history. Along th? way you'll learn H?w the ?nn?x?t??n ?f Texas ?nd?d up redrawing th? borders of the US; Wh? a h??t?r?? ????rtun?t? t? ?dv?n?? ??u?l?t? w?? squandered ?ft?r the C?v?l W?r; and How a fr??nd t? segregationists ?nd?d u? ?????ng landmark civil r?ght? l?g??l?t??n.