The Best Biographies of Franklin Pierce

February 20, 2014

Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher once remarked that “nice guys finish last.” Although he was referring to the dating scene …

Review of “Franklin Pierce: Young Hickory of the Granite Hills” by Roy Nichols

February 5, 2014

“Franklin Pierce: Young Hickory of the Granite Hills” is Roy Nichols’s 1931 biography of the fourteenth U.S. president. Nichols was …

February 3, 2014

I would love to tell you Franklin Pierce’s life will be the foundation of many fascinating biographies. Following Zachary Taylor …