Review of “Mornings on Horseback” by David McCullough
“Mornings on Horseback” is David McCullough’s 1981 biography covering Theodore Roosevelt’s childhood and was the 1982 Pulitzer finalist in the …
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Review of “Power & Responsibility: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt” by William Harbaugh
“Power and Responsibility: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt” is William Harbaugh’s 1961 biography of the twenty-sixth president. For …
Review of “The Republican Roosevelt” by John Blum
“The Republican Roosevelt” is John Blum’s 1954 analysis of Theodore Roosevelt which was largely responsible for establishing TR’s reputation as a serious …
Review of “Theodore Roosevelt” by Henry Pringle
“Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography” is Henry Pringle’s Pulitzer Prize winning biography of the twenty-sixth president. Published in 1931, just twelve …
Review of “Colonel Roosevelt” by Edmund Morris
“Colonel Roosevelt” is the final volume in Edmund Morris’s trilogy covering the life of Theodore Roosevelt. Published in 2010, this …
Review of “Theodore Rex” by Edmund Morris
“Theodore Rex” is the second volume in Edmund Morris’s highly acclaimed three-volume biography of Theodore Roosevelt. The series’ inaugural volume …
Review of “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” by Edmund Morris
“The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” is the first in a three-volume series by Edmund Morris about the life of the …
Happy Presidents’ Day Teddy Roosevelt!
My journey through the best presidential biographies has now consumed 780 days, the first 25 presidents, 107 biographies and almost …
The Best Biographies of William McKinley
[Updated] History resurrects the memory of William McKinley when pondering what makes a president admirable…and yet extraordinarily average. His pre-presidency, however, …
Review of “The President and the Assassin” by Scott Miller
“The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century” is Scott Miller’s 2011 tale …
Review of “The Presidency of William McKinley” by Lewis Gould
“The Presidency of William McKinley” by Lewis Gould was published in 1980 and is a member of the American Presidency …
Review of “William McKinley and His America” by H. Wayne Morgan
“William McKinley and His America” by H. Wayne Morgan was published in 1963. Morgan was a noted historian of the …
Review of “In the Days of McKinley” by Margaret Leech
“In the Days of McKinley” is Margaret Leech’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1959 biography of William McKinley. It remains one of the …
It’s Time to Meet William McKinley
William McKinley’s presidency marks the end of the Gilded Age (graced by such notables as Hayes, Garfield, Harrison and Cleveland) and …
The Best Biographies of Benjamin Harrison
Of the forty-three (and counting) presidents whose biographies I’m reading on this journey, none have caused me quite as much …
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 