Published two months ago, “The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe” is Kevin Gutzman’s most recent book. …
Published in 1970, “The Fourth President: A Life of James Madison” is Irving Brant’s abridgment of his six-volume series published …
“James Madison: America’s First Politician” by Jay Cost was released November 9. Cost is the Gerald R. Ford Visiting Scholar …
Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President” was published in 2017 and explores the evolving political …
Lynne Cheney’s “James Madison: A Life Reconsidered” was published in 2014, about a year after I read four biographies of …
“James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity” by Harry Ammon was originally published in 1971, making it the oldest of …
Montpelier from 2,000′ in a Cirrus SR20 In our nation’s earliest years, the journey from George Washington’s home (Mt. Vernon) …
[Updated July 2022] James Madison may have provided the fewest biographies for me to read among the first four presidents …
“James Madison and the Making of America,” published in 2012, is author Kevin Gutzman’s fourth and most recent book. He …
James Madison was born on March 16, 1751 at Belle Grove Plantation located on the north side of the Rappahannock River near …
“James Madison” is Richard Brookhiser’s 2011 biography of our fourth president, and is the most recent of his dozen or …
“Madison and Jefferson” is the 2010 dual biography of our third and fourth presidents: their personalities, philosophies, presidencies and their …
“James Madison: A Biography” by Ralph Ketcham was published in 1971 and has long been considered by many the pre-eminent …
Having taken two months to work through my collection of Thomas Jefferson biographies, it’s time to turn to our fourth …
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 