“Dark Horse: the Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield” by Kenneth Ackerman was published in 2003. Ackerman …
I have no idea whether James Garfield took part in Halloween festivities during his childhood in rural Ohio, but among the …
After two weeks, two biographies and about seven hundred pages, Rutherford Hayes reminds me of a better-intentioned, more savvy and …
“Rutherford B. Hayes” is Hans Trefousse’s 2002 contribution to The American Presidents Series. Trefousse was an American historian, author and …
“Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior & President” is Ari Hoogenboom’s 1995 single-volume biography of our nineteenth president. Hoogenboom is professor emeritus …
After 21 months, 18 presidents and 86 biographies I’ve left behind the founding-father presidents, the nation builders, the expansionists, the …
[Updated] Despite the pivotal role he played in the Civil War and the importance of his administration to Reconstruction, I …
“The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses S. Grant in War and Peace” is H.W. Brands’s 2012 biography of the eighteenth …
Ulysses S. Grant was the ultimate hero of the Civil War in nearly every way. While Lincoln’s generals in the …
“Ulysses S. Grant” is Josiah Bunting’s 2004 biography of the eighteenth U.S. president. Bunting is an author, retired officer in the US Army …
“Grant” is Jean Edward Smith’s 2001 biography of the eighteenth U.S. president. It was the 2002 finalist for the Pulitzer …
Brooks Simpson’s “Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865” was published in 2000 and is the first of two expected …
My second biography of the eighteenth president was “Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President” by Geoffrey Perret. An American historian …
(Photo courtesy of the FDR Presidential Library) At my current pace I expect to begin reading the best biographies of Teddy …
“Grant: A Biography” is William McFeely’s Pulitzer Prize winning 1981 biography of the Union general and eighteenth president. McFeely is …
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 