Farewell to 2020, Hello 2021!
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
Published in 2017, Kenneth Whyte’s “Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times” is the most recent biography of the 31st …
Related Reading: “Eleanor” by David Michaelis
Eleanor by David Michaelis 720 pages Simon & Schuster Published: October 2020 Published just two months ago, “Eleanor” is the …
Review of “Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times” by David Reynolds
David Reynolds’s “Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times” was published seven weeks ago (September 2020) and is currently the best …
Related Reading: “Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.” by Ron Chernow
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow 832 pages Random House (Vintage Books) Published: May 1998 …
Review of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” by Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter’s long-awaited biography of the thirty-ninth president “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” was published last month (September …
Related Reading: “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III” by Peter Baker
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser …
Review of “Washington” by Douglas Southall Freeman (Harwell abridgment)
Richard Harwell’s abridgment of Douglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 7-volume series on George Washington was published in 1968, fifteen years …
Related Reading: “The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman” by Brian Holden Reid
The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman by Brian Holden Reid 640 pages Oxford University Press Published: …
Review of “President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler” by Christopher Leahy
Christopher J. Leahy’s “President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler” was published earlier this year. It is the …
Celebrating 2,750 Days with the Presidents
About 7½ years ago I decided to read as many of the best presidential biographies as I could and to …
Related Reading: “Churchill: Walking With Destiny” by Andrew Roberts
Churchill: Walking With Destiny by Andrew Roberts 1,152 pages Viking Published: October 2018 Andrew Roberts’s biography “Churchill: Walking with Destiny” …
Review of “Grant” by Ron Chernow
Ron Chernow’s “Grant” was published in 2017 to almost immediate acclaim and was named a Top 10 Book of the …
Review of “James Monroe: A Life” by Tim McGrath
Released on May 5, “James Monroe: A Life” by Tim McGrath is the first comprehensive exploration of Monroe’s life in …
Getting Right with Lincoln (and Ronald White)
Those of you who have taken some or all of this journey through the best presidential biographies with me know …
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 