The Best Biographies of Barack Obama
Barack Obama undoubtedly possesses one of the most complicated – and fascinating – backgrounds of any former president of the …
Category Archives: Best Biographies Posts
The Best Biographies of George W. Bush
The first two presidents in this journey took me nearly three months to get through. George W. Bush and his …
The Best Biographies of Bill Clinton
From my very first impression of Bill Clinton to my most recent he has always struck me as the quintessential …
The Best Biographies of George H.W. Bush
In numerous ways, George H.W. Bush seems to have spent his life preparing for the presidency. A man of almost …
The Best Biographies of Ronald Reagan
A good rule-of-thumb suggests that 25-30 years are required before sufficient time and historical distance have passed to take the …
The Best Biographies of Jimmy Carter
[Updated] Not since Teddy Roosevelt can I recall a former president who has had such a consequential and purposeful retirement …
The Best Biographies of Gerald Ford
The U.S. presidency certainly seems to have attracted more than its share of colorful, larger-than-life characters: Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, …
The Best Biographies of Richard Nixon
Five months, twelve biographies, 8,200 pages…and one insufferably inscrutable politician. For all the differences between Nixon and LBJ, I was …
The Best Biographies of Lyndon B. Johnson
After spending the past four months with Lyndon Johnson it’s fair to say that I found him to be the …
The Best Biographies of John F. Kennedy
I spent the past 24 weeks reading a dozen biographies of John F. Kennedy totaling just under 8,000 pages: six …
The Best Biographies of Dwight Eisenhower
[Updated] Like many of the presidents whose lives I’ve explored during the past 4+ years, I found Dwight Eisenhower’s pre-presidency …
The Best Biographies of Harry S. Truman
[Updated] Harry Truman has a reputation for being a bit boring. It’s a sentiment I find hard to refute…and yet …
The Best Biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt
[Updated] Every student of American history knows that Franklin D. Roosevelt served more terms as President of the United States …
The Best Biographies of Herbert Hoover
[Updated Dec 2020] The unfavorable but vaguely-formed image of Herbert Hoover I’ve retained for three decades (since my last American …
The Best Biographies of Calvin Coolidge
My introduction to Calvin Coolidge on this journey included seven biographies providing nearly 3,000 pages – and almost two months …
