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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

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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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Related Reading: “Eleanor” by David Michaelis

December 4, 2020

Eleanor by David Michaelis 720 pages Simon & Schuster Published: October 2020 Published just two months ago, “Eleanor” is the …

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Review of “Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times” by David Reynolds

November 24, 2020

David Reynolds’s “Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times” was published seven weeks ago (September 2020) and is currently the best …

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Related Reading: “Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.” by Ron Chernow

November 3, 2020

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow 832 pages Random House (Vintage Books) Published: May 1998 …

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Review of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” by Jonathan Alter

October 25, 2020

Jonathan Alter’s long-awaited biography of the thirty-ninth president “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” was published last month (September …

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Related Reading: “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III” by Peter Baker

October 12, 2020

The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser …

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Review of “Washington” by Douglas Southall Freeman (Harwell abridgment)

September 30, 2020

Richard Harwell’s abridgment of Douglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 7-volume series on George Washington was published in 1968, fifteen years …

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Related Reading: “The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman” by Brian Holden Reid

August 22, 2020

The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman by Brian Holden Reid 640 pages Oxford University Press Published: …

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Review of “President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler” by Christopher Leahy

August 13, 2020

Christopher J. Leahy’s “President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler” was published earlier this year. It is the …

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Celebrating 2,750 Days with the Presidents

July 4, 2020

About 7½ years ago I decided to read as many of the best presidential biographies as I could and to …

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Related Reading: “Churchill: Walking With Destiny” by Andrew Roberts

June 29, 2020

Churchill: Walking With Destiny by Andrew Roberts 1,152 pages Viking Published: October 2018 Andrew Roberts’s biography “Churchill: Walking with Destiny” …

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Review of “Grant” by Ron Chernow

June 14, 2020

Ron Chernow’s “Grant” was published in 2017 to almost immediate acclaim and was named a Top 10 Book of the …

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Review of “James Monroe: A Life” by Tim McGrath

May 10, 2020

Released on May 5, “James Monroe: A Life” by Tim McGrath is the first comprehensive exploration of Monroe’s life in …

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  • President #01 – G Washington
  • President #02 – J Adams
  • President #03 – T Jefferson
  • President #04 – J Madison
  • President #05 – J Monroe
  • President #06 – J Q Adams
  • President #07 – A Jackson
  • President #08 – M Van Buren
  • President #09 – W H Harrison
  • President #10 – J Tyler
  • President #11 – J Polk
  • President #12 – Z Taylor
  • President #13 – M Fillmore
  • President #14 – F Pierce
  • President #15 – J Buchanan
  • President #16 – A Lincoln
  • President #17 – A Johnson
  • President #18 – U S Grant
  • President #19 – R Hayes
  • President #20 – J Garfield
  • President #21 – C Arthur
  • President #22 – G Cleveland
  • President #23 – B Harrison
  • President #24 – G Cleveland
  • President #25 – W McKinley
  • President #26 – T Roosevelt
  • President #27 – W H Taft
  • President #28 – W Wilson
  • President #29 – W Harding
  • President #30 – C Coolidge
  • President #31 – H Hoover
  • President #32 – F Roosevelt
  • President #33 – H Truman
  • President #34 – D Eisenhower
  • President #35 – J Kennedy
  • President #36 – L Johnson
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  • President #38 – G Ford
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