A Brief Pause for Winston Churchill

September 3, 2016

Almost everyone loves a good adventure story and nearly as many of us enjoy a great biography. For the past …

Can’t Get Enough of James Garfield?!?

January 28, 2016

Few American presidents were as unknown to me as James Garfield before I started this journey through the best presidential …

June 19, 2015

After reading 121 biographies of the first 26 presidents, Theodore Roosevelt easily stands out as one of the most fascinating …

May 21, 2015

Candice Millard’s “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” is one of the most popular and well-loved books on …

February 15, 2015

My journey through the best presidential biographies has now consumed 780 days, the first 25 presidents, 107 biographies and almost …

November 20, 2014

Who would have guessed that a president of so little fame and so brief a tenure in the White House …

November 19, 2014

“Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President” by Candice Millard was published …

October 28, 2014

I have no idea whether James Garfield took part in Halloween festivities during his childhood in rural Ohio, but among the …