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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

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Tag Archives: Robert Dallek

Celebrating 2,750 Days with the Presidents

July 4, 2020

About 7½ years ago I decided to read as many of the best presidential biographies as I could and to …

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The Best Biographies of Lyndon B. Johnson

January 5, 2018

After spending the past four months with Lyndon Johnson it’s fair to say that I found him to be the …

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It’s the Five-Year Anniversary Post!

December 24, 2017

Five years have now elapsed since I started reading the first volume in James Flexner’s series on George Washington. Since …

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Review of “Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President” by Robert Dallek

October 6, 2017

“Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President” is Robert Dallek’s 2004 abridgment of his two-volume series on LBJ which was …

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Review of “Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973 (Vol 2)” by Robert Dallek

September 28, 2017

Published in 1998, “Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973” is the concluding volume in Robert Dallek’s two-volume series …

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Review of “Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1908-1960 (Vol 1)” by Robert Dallek

September 14, 2017

Published in 1991, “Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1908-1960” is the first volume in a two-volume series …

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Spending Labor Day with LBJ!

September 4, 2017

With 35 presidents, 190 biographies and about 94,000 pages completed I am finally on to a president who actually occupied …

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The Best Biographies of John F. Kennedy

August 31, 2017

I spent the past 24 weeks reading a dozen biographies of John F. Kennedy totaling just under 8,000 pages: six …

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Review of “An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy” by Robert Dallek

March 31, 2017

When it was published in 2003, Robert Dallek’s “An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963” was the first full-scale, single-volume …

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Searching for Camelot with John F. Kennedy

March 16, 2017

Rightly or wrongly, John F. Kennedy is the president who I’ve long suspected of being most undeservedly well-ranked by presidential …

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The Best Biographies of Harry S. Truman

November 26, 2016

Harry Truman has a reputation for being a bit boring.  It’s a sentiment I find hard to refute…and yet I …

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Review of “Harry S. Truman” by Robert Dallek

November 4, 2016

“Harry S. Truman” is Robert Dallek’s 2008 biography of the 33rd president and is a member of the American Presidents …

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The Buck Stops Here: Turning to Harry Truman

October 6, 2016

FDR’s presidency lasted nearly 4,500 days – and it sometimes seems I spent nearly as much time working my way …

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  • President #13 – M Fillmore
  • President #14 – F Pierce
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  • President #16 – A Lincoln
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  • President #18 – U S Grant
  • President #19 – R Hayes
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  • President #21 – C Arthur
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  • President #27 – W H Taft
  • President #28 – W Wilson
  • President #29 – W Harding
  • President #30 – C Coolidge
  • President #31 – H Hoover
  • President #32 – F Roosevelt
  • President #33 – H Truman
  • President #34 – D Eisenhower
  • President #35 – J Kennedy
  • President #36 – L Johnson
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  • President #39 – J Carter
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