The Best Biographies of James Buchanan

February 27, 2014

The more I learned about James Buchanan, the more he seemed a mix of equal parts of John Quincy Adams, …

Review of “James Buchanan” by Jean Baker

February 26, 2014

“James Buchanan“ is Jean Baker’s 2004 addition to The American Presidents Series. Baker is a history professor at Goucher College in …

February 24, 2014

“President James Buchanan: A Biography” is Philip Klein’s 1962 classic biography of our fifteenth president. Born into a family of …

February 21, 2014

My progress so far: 62 biographies on the first 14 presidents during the past 14 months. But after an exciting start …