{"id":923,"date":"2008-03-20T19:31:49","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T19:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/speakerseries\/?p=113"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:34:17","slug":"paul-boller-presidential-diversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/friends\/2008\/03\/20\/paul-boller-presidential-diversions\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Boller: Presidential Diversions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Featured Guest:<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul Boller
\n<\/strong>Professor Emeritus of History
\nTexas Christian University<\/p>\n

Featured Book:<\/em><\/p>\n

Presidential Diversions<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Date & Location: <\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, March 20, 2008<\/strong>
\n2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
\nKlarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor LSC
\n6525 North Sheridan Road<\/p>\n

Free Admission <\/em><\/p>\n

RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED<\/strong><\/p>\n

To R.S.V.P. contact Carol Franklin at 773 508-2641 or cfrankl@luc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Book signing follows talk.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Golfers, piano players and skinny dippers: find out how presidents relaxed while in office. Paul Boller presents some surprises in his book Presidential Diversions<\/a>. He wholeheartedly shares anecdotal history of the lives of the presidents. His previous works include: Presidential Wives<\/a>, Presidential Inaugurations<\/a>, and Not So! Popular Myths about America from Columbus to Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Professor Emeritus Boller has had a distinguished and respected career as a best selling author and teacher at Texas Christian University and University of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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