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'Worst President Ever' Talk Coming To Main Line Library
Don't worry, it's not about modern politics. Robert Strauss will discuss James Buchanan's ill-fated presidency, the topic of his 2016 book.
Modern political debates often can degrade into calling the current or recent presidents the "worst president ever." But it's James Buchanan who is widely considered the worst president ever, and you can learn about the ill-fated administration on the Main Line.
Author Robert Strauss will be heading to Ludington Library in Bryn Mawr on Feb. 20 to discuss Buchanan's tainted legacy.
Strauss' 2016 book, "Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents," focuses on Buchanan, Pennsylvania's only president.
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The library will host a free discussion with Strauss from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The library is located at 5 S. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Strauss has worked as a feature writer at the Philadelphia Daily News, a reporter for Sports Illustrated, a news and sports producer at Channel 3 in Philadelphia, and a TV critic for the Inquirer and the Asbury Park Press.
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He has taught non-fiction writing at the University of Pennsylvania since 1999 and he has been a freelance journalist since about then, with, among other things, more than 1000 bylines in the New York Times.
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