Vanity Fair's Presidential Profiles
New York: Abrams, 2010. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 104 pages. Illustrations. Small stains on inside covers and end papers. Inscribed by Todd Purdom on title page. Statement from front of DJ: Defining Portraits, Deeds, and Misdeeds of 43 Notable Americans--and What Each One Really Thought About His Predecessor. Foreword by Todd S. Purdum. Essays by Judy Bachrach, David Friend, David Kamp, Todd S. Purdum, and Jim Windolf. One-page biography of each President, illustrated with a full-page profile sketch by Mark Summers. An appendix contains the frank assessment by each President about the man who immediately preceded him as president. Edward Graydon Carter, CM (born 14 July 1949) is a Canadian journalist who served as the editor of Vanity Fair from 1992 until 2017. He also co-founded, with Kurt Andersen and Tom Phillips, the satirical monthly magazine Spy in 1986. Accolades during his tenure at Vanity Fair include 14 National Magazine Awards and being named to the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame. More