The Best Biographies of Chester Arthur

December 3, 2014

For an obscure and mostly forgotten former president, Chester Arthur’s story is remarkably interesting. Don’t get me wrong – PBS is …

Review of “Chester Alan Arthur” by Zachary Karabell

December 1, 2014

“Chester Alan Arthur” is Zachary Karabell’s 2004 biography of the twenty-first president. Karabell is a historian, asset manager and economist. …

November 28, 2014

“Gentleman Boss: The Life and Times of Chester Alan Arthur” by Thomas Reeves was published in 1975 and immediately became the …

November 24, 2014

Chester A. Arthur often seems just another forgotten president of ambiguous importance who may, on a good day, have the …