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 …
Tag Archives: Doris Kearns Goodwin
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 …
Searching for Camelot with John F. Kennedy
Rightly or wrongly, John F. Kennedy is the president who I’ve long suspected of being most undeservedly well-ranked by presidential …
The Best Biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Every student of American history knows that Franklin D. Roosevelt served more terms as President of the United States than …
Review of “No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II” was published in …
Let’s Celebrate Presidents’ Day with FDR!
Not since Abraham Lincoln have I been this excited about the next president on my journey through the best presidential …
The Best Biographies of William H. Taft
William H. Taft is often remembered as the president who may have gotten himself stuck in the White House bathtub. …
Welcome to the Spotlight William Howard Taft!
If you’ve read one biography of Teddy Roosevelt, you’ve already gotten to know William Howard Taft. If you’ve read several …
The Best Biographies of Theodore Roosevelt
After reading 121 biographies of the first 26 presidents, Theodore Roosevelt easily stands out as one of the most fascinating …
Review of “The Bully Pulpit” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism” was published in …
Happy Presidents’ Day Teddy Roosevelt!
My journey through the best presidential biographies has now consumed 780 days, the first 25 presidents, 107 biographies and almost …
Are You Ready for the Roosevelts?
(Photo courtesy of the FDR Presidential Library) At my current pace I expect to begin reading the best biographies of Teddy …
The Best Biographies of Abraham Lincoln
Of the sixteen presidents whose biographies I’ve read so far, none have offered the variety of choices of Abraham Lincoln. …
Review of “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” is, by almost any measure, the most popular biography of Abraham …
