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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

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Review of “The Three Lives of James Madison” by Noah Feldman

August 12, 2021

Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President” was published in 2017 and explores the evolving political …

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Related Reading: “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” by David Blight

July 26, 2021

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedomby David W. Blight769 pagesSimon & SchusterPublished: October 2018 David Blight’s “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” …

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Related Reading: “All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay” by John Taliaferro

July 12, 2021

All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hayby John Taliaferro672 pagesSimon & SchusterPublished: May 2013 John Taliaferro’s biography of …

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Review of “The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter” by Kai Bird

June 23, 2021

Published last week, Kai Bird’s “The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter” is the most recent full-length review of …

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Review of “The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World” by A.J. Baime

May 27, 2021

Published in 2017, “The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World” is the fourth …

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Related Reading: “The Triumph of Nancy Reagan” by Karen Tumulty

April 18, 2021

The Triumph of Nancy Reagan by Karen Tumulty 672 pages Simon & Schuster House Published: April 2021 Published this past …

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Related Reading: “Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight” by Julia Sweig

March 22, 2021

Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig 560 pages Random House Published: March 2021 Published this past …

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Review of “President McKinley: Architect of the American Century” by Robert Merry

March 17, 2021

Published in 2017, “President McKinley: Architect of the American Century” is Robert Merry’s fifth, and most recent, book. He is …

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Related Reading: “Tecumseh and the Prophet” by Peter Cozzens

February 24, 2021

Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation by Peter Cozzens 533 pages Alfred A. Knopf Published: …

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Review of “The Age of Eisenhower” by William I. Hitchcock

February 15, 2021

William Hitchcock’s “The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s” was published in 2018. Hitchcock is a …

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Related Reading: “John C. Calhoun: American Portrait” by Margaret Coit

January 28, 2021

John C. Calhoun: American Portrait by Margaret L. Coit 616 pages Houghton Mifflin Published: 1950 Published 100 years after Calhoun’s …

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Review of “John Quincy Adams: American Visionary” by Fred Kaplan

January 19, 2021

Fred Kaplan’s 2014 “John Quincy Adams: American Visionary” is one of the most recent and comprehensive biographies of the sixth …

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Related Reading: “The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams” by David S. Brown

January 4, 2021

The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams by David S. Brown 464 pages Scribner …

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Farewell to 2020, Hello 2021!

December 31, 2020

Few of us will be disappointed to see 2020 fade into the rear-view mirror. But from a strictly presidential perspective …

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Review of “Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times” by Kenneth Whyte

December 26, 2020

Published in 2017, Kenneth Whyte’s “Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times” is the most recent biography of the 31st …

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  • President #01 – G Washington
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