Watergate

With expert storytelling skills, historian Jules Archer recounts the complete story of Watergate, from that first fateful predawn Saturday morning—June 18, 1972—when night watchman Frank Willis discovered “burglars” inside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee to President Richard Nixon’s disgraced resignation two years later. This story dives into the cover-ups, the payoffs, the blackmailing, the scapegoats, and Nixon’s impending impeachment, conviction, and removal from office. As suspenseful as any detective story, Archer unveils the scandal of a president trying to steal an election that was already his.

More than eighty-five historic black-and-white photographs record the events, and Archer’s thoughtful questions and conclusions leave readers with much-needed cause for hope. Part of Sky Pony Press’s revitalized Jules Archer History for Young Readers series, with a new foreword by Roger Stone, Watergate strives to give young readers the whole truth about this moment in history, which will enable young people to form intelligent judgments essential to being a part of a functioning democracy.

Jules Archer was one of the most respected names in nonfiction for young people. During his lifetime he published over seventy books, which have been translated into twelve languages throughout the world. He lived in Scotts Valley, California until his death in 2008.

Roger Stone is a political operative who served as a senior campaign aide to Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Senator Bob Dole. His books include the New York Times bestseller The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ and Nixon’s Secrets: The Rise, Fall, and Untold Truth about the President, Watergate, and the Pardon. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.

“Will be useful to those who never could make their way through the Presidential Transcripts.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“The first attempt at a comprehensive account of Watergate for young citizens....A tough-minded, skillful distillation of the Watergate events.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“The present tense gives a sense of immediacy and urgency to the narrative, and the account is liberally laced with pertinent and cogent quotations....valuable.”
—School Library Journal