The Best Biographies of Gerald Ford
The U.S. presidency certainly seems to have attracted more than its share of colorful, larger-than-life characters: Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, …
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The Best Biographies of Richard Nixon
Five months, twelve biographies, 8,200 pages…and one insufferably inscrutable politician. For all the differences between Nixon and LBJ, I was …
The Best Biographies of Lyndon B. Johnson
After spending the past four months with Lyndon Johnson it’s fair to say that I found him to be the …
Celebrating 1,000 Days with the Best Presidential Biographies
1,000 days ago I cracked open the first volume in James Flexner’s series on George Washington and began what I …
The Best Biographies of John Quincy Adams
[Updated] In every respect, John Quincy Adams’s life was made for a great novel or movie…or even a good biography. …
The Best Biographies of James Monroe
[Updated] James Monroe was the first of the earliest presidents to capture the presidency without an obvious tailwind assisting his …
The Best Biographies of James Madison
[Updated July 2022] James Madison may have provided the fewest biographies for me to read among the first four presidents …
The Best Biographies of Thomas Jefferson
[Updated] After nearly two months with Thomas Jefferson involving five biographies (ten books in total) and over 5,000 pages of …
The Best Biographies of John Adams
The journey through the John Adams presidency involved nearly five weeks and over 3,400 pages of reading. It included four …
The Best Biographies of George Washington
[Updated] The journey to read the best biographies of every president from George Washington to Barack Obama seems a long …
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 