Review of “Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life” by Robert Dallek
“Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life” (2017) is Robert Dallek’s most recent biography. Dallek is an author, historian and retired …
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Celebrating 2,750 Days with the Presidents
About 7½ years ago I decided to read as many of the best presidential biographies as I could and to …
The Best Biographies of Lyndon B. Johnson
After spending the past four months with Lyndon Johnson it’s fair to say that I found him to be the …
It’s the Five-Year Anniversary Post!
Five years have now elapsed since I started reading the first volume in James Flexner’s series on George Washington. Since …
Review of “Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President” by Robert Dallek
“Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President” is Robert Dallek’s 2004 abridgment of his two-volume series on LBJ which was …
Review of “Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973 (Vol 2)” by Robert Dallek
Published in 1998, “Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1961-1973” is the concluding volume in Robert Dallek’s two-volume series …
Review of “Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1908-1960 (Vol 1)” by Robert Dallek
Published in 1991, “Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1908-1960” is the first volume in a two-volume series …
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 …
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 “An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy” by Robert Dallek
When it was published in 2003, Robert Dallek’s “An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963” was the first full-scale, single-volume …
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 Harry S. Truman
[Updated] Harry Truman has a reputation for being a bit boring. It’s a sentiment I find hard to refute…and yet …
Review of “Harry S. Truman” by Robert Dallek
“Harry S. Truman” is Robert Dallek’s 2008 biography of the 33rd president and is a member of the American Presidents …
The Buck Stops Here: Turning to Harry Truman
FDR’s presidency lasted nearly 4,500 days – and it sometimes seems I spent nearly as much time working my way …
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies 