Review of “The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson” by Joseph Califano, Jr.
“The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson” is Joseph Califano, Jr.’s 1991 memoir based on the three-and-a-half years he spent …
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Review of “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream” is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s life of Lyndon Johnson. Published in 1976 (just three years …
It’s the Five-Year Anniversary Post!
Five years have now elapsed since I started reading the first volume in James Flexner’s series on George Washington. Since …
Review of “The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Vol 4)” by Robert Caro
“The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the fourth (and most recently published) volume in Robert Caro’s …
Review of “Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Vol 3)” by Robert Caro
“Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the Pulitzer Prize-winning third volume in Robert Caro’s series covering …
Thanks a Million!
1,779 days ago I took the first step on this great adventure: I launched this website and opened Volume 1 …
Review of “Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Vol 2)” by Robert Caro
“Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the second volume in Robert Caro’s series covering the life of …
Review of “Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President” by Robert Dallek
“Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President” is Robert Dallek’s 2004 abridgment of his two-volume series on LBJ which was …
Review of “Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973 (Vol 2)” by Robert Dallek
Published in 1998, “Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973” is the concluding volume in Robert Dallek’s two-volume series …
Review of “Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1908-1960 (Vol 1)” by Robert Dallek
Published in 1991, “Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1908-1960” is the first volume in a two-volume series …
Spending Labor Day with LBJ!
With 35 presidents, 190 biographies and about 94,000 pages completed I am finally on to a president who actually occupied …
The Best Biographies of John F. Kennedy
I spent the past 24 weeks reading a dozen biographies of John F. Kennedy totaling just under 8,000 pages: six …
Review of “The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga” was published in 1987 and remains one of the …
Review of “JFK’s Last Hundred Days” by Thurston Clarke
Thurston Clarke’s “JFK’s Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President” was published …
Review of “President Kennedy: Profile of Power” by Richard Reeves
“President Kennedy: Profile of Power” by Richard Reeves was published in 1993. Reeves is a former journalist, syndicated columnist and …
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 