The Begatting of a President by Myron Roberts

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1970. Ballantine. 6th Printing. Illustrated.

Illustrations by Sandy Huffaker

A satirical telling of the presidential election of 1968, written in the style of the King James Bible.

And it came to pass that FDR begat Truman. And Truman begat Ike. And Ike begat JFK. And JFK begat LBJ. And all of this was done that it might be fulfilled the prophecy which sayeth, "A little child shall be born in a grocery store in Whittier, and he shall sit upon the throne, and his administration shall be established greatly."

Now the begatting of Richard Nixon was on this wise...