Review of “Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty” (Vol 3) by Dumas Malone
“Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty” is the third of six volumes in Dumas Malone’s epic biography on Thomas Jefferson. …
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Review of “Jefferson and the Rights of Man” (Vol 2) by Dumas Malone
“Jefferson and the Rights of Man” is the second of six volumes in the Pulitzer Prize winning epic biography of …
Review of “Jefferson the Virginian” (Vol 1) by Dumas Malone
“Jefferson & His Time: Jefferson the Virginian” is the first of six volumes in Dumas Malone’s epic biography of Thomas …
Next Up: Thomas Jefferson!
Having finished reading the seven books I own on John Adams it’s finally time to move to our third president: …
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 …
Review of “First Family: Abigail and John Adams” by Joseph J. Ellis
“First Family: Abigail & John Adams” is the most recent of nearly a dozen books by Joseph J. Ellis. Mr. …
Review of “John Adams: Party of One” by James Grant
“John Adams: Party of One” is James Grant’s fifth of seven books, and one of two he has written on …
Review of “Adams vs. Jefferson” by John Ferling
“Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800” was written by John Ferling (the author of biographies I’ve already read …
Review of “John Adams: A Life” by John Ferling
“John Adams: A Life” is the fifth of nearly a dozen books authored by John Ferling, who has written extensively …
Review of “Passionate Sage” by Joseph J. Ellis
“Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams” by Joseph J. Ellis was published in 1993. Though it remains …
Review of “John Adams” by Page Smith
“John Adams” by Page Smith was the first comprehensive biography of Adams written once the second president’s personal papers became …
Review of “John Adams” by David McCullough
“John Adams” is the 2001 narrative biography of our nation’s second president, written by author and historian David McCullough. Of …
Let’s Move on to John Adams
Having lived (and re-lived) George Washington’s life, we now move ahead to one of America’s most important but less well-understood …
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 …
Review of “Washington: The Indispensable Man” by James Thomas Flexner
“Washington: The Indispensable Man” is James Thomas Flexner’s single-volume abridgment of his epic four-volume series on George Washington published between 1965 and …
