Published two months ago, “The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe” is Kevin Gutzman’s most recent book. …
It’s hard to believe, but 10 years have elapsed since I embarked on what I thought would be a modestly …
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage 864 pages Viking (Penguin Random House) …
Fred Kaplan’s literary exploration “His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer” was published two weeks ago. Kaplan is …
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan 512 pages PublicAffairs (Hachette) …
“The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding” is Ryan Walters’s new biography of the 29th president. Walters is adjunct …
Ted Kennedy: A Life by John A. Farrell 752 pages Penguin Press Published: Oct 2022 Edward Kennedy (1932-2009) was the …
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles 736 pages Knopf Published: Apr 2009 Cornelius …
Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty by Andrew Meier 1,072 pages Random House Published: Oct 2022 …
“A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland” is Troy Senik’s newly-released biography of the …
Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw 1,072 pages W. W. Norton Published: Nov 2008 Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) is one of …
Kevin Hayes’s “The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson” was published in 2008 and is the …
The People’s Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century by Steven Watts 614 pages Alfred A. Knopf Published: Aug 2005 …
A Woman of Adventure: The Life and Times of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover by Annette B. Dunlap 296 pages …
Published in 1970, “The Fourth President: A Life of James Madison” is Irving Brant’s abridgment of his six-volume series published …
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