Review of “Gerald R. Ford” by Douglas Brinkley

August 16, 2018

Published in 2007, “Gerald R. Ford” is Douglas Brinkley’s contribution to The American Presidents Series. Brinkley is a professor of …

Review of “Harry S. Truman” by Robert Dallek

November 4, 2016

“Harry S. Truman” is Robert Dallek’s 2008 biography of the 33rd president and is a member of the American Presidents …

February 7, 2016

[Updated Dec 2020] The unfavorable but vaguely-formed image of Herbert Hoover I’ve retained for three decades (since my last American …

January 20, 2016

Published in 2009, “Herbert Hoover” by William E. Leuchtenburg is a member of The American Presidents Series. Leuchtenburg is professor …

January 12, 2016

Prior to my journey through the best presidential biographies, Herbert Hoover and I had never met. I don’t mean in …

January 2, 2015

“Benjamin Harrison” is Charles Calhoun‘s 2005 biography of the 23rd president. Calhoun is a professor at East Carolina University and …

September 16, 2014

“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 …