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Not all American presidents have taken their inspiration from their fathers: Andrew Jackson's""restless, ambitious"" father died before he was born and there is, Gullan admits, no record that Abraham Lincoln ever""said anything favorable about his father. For that matter, he rarely mentioned him at all."" But this is the exception rather than the rule, and where historian Gullan can't document inspiration, he writes of the influence presidential fathers had on their sons. Gullan, who previously chronicled the impact of presidential mothers, here gives profiles of 44 men of varying backgrounds, education, professions and temperaments, who nevertheless all imbued their sons with tremendous ambition and a dedication to public service. John Edward Reagan didn't bequeath his political affiliation to Ron (he was a Democrat), but he did pass on his gift for storytelling and his hatred of bigotry. These brief portraits can be somewhat sentimental and only mildly illuminating, but careful readers may glean some of what it takes to raise a U.S. president. B&w photos.