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Posted on 11/14/20 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 11/14/20 at 8:50 pm
Looking to finally start reading the presidential biographies. What are y'all's recommendations for the best y'all have read for each president? Thanks in advance!
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Posted on 11/14/20 at 9:38 pm to CoachD2235
Chernov's Washington bio is great, but The Indispensable Man is my favorite.
McCullough' John Adams is obvious.
I also like Edmund Morris's Teddy Roosevelt series.
McCullough' John Adams is obvious.
I also like Edmund Morris's Teddy Roosevelt series.
This post was edited on 11/14/20 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 11/14/20 at 9:56 pm to Master of Sinanju
Appreciate it.. Pretty sure I'll be starting with Chernow's Washington and go from there
Posted on 11/14/20 at 10:54 pm to Master of Sinanju
Grant by Chernow is best book I’ve ever read.... basically read all of Chernows books.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 1:20 am to CoachD2235
Not exactly biographies, but...
1920 The Year of the Six Presidents: David Pietrusza - Amazon.com
The same author has also written books on the presidential elections of 1932, 1948, and 1960, all of which are excellent.
Just finished a very similar book:
Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the “Rocking, Socking” Election of 1952
Highly recommended as well.
RIP
1920 The Year of the Six Presidents: David Pietrusza - Amazon.com
quote:I just read this fairly recently, and it's become on of my all time favorite history books. Not only is the wheeling and dealing at the nominating conventions fascinating, but the book is often laugh out loud funny -- surely a rare quality in history books, at least in my experience
The presidential election of 1920 was among history's most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents-Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt-jockeyed for the White House. With voters choosing between Wilson's League of Nations and Harding's front-porch isolationism, the 1920 election shaped modern America. Women won the vote. Republicans outspent Democrats by 4 to 1, as voters witnessed the first extensive newsreel coverage, modern campaign advertising, and results broadcast on radio. America had become an urban nation: Automobiles, mass production, chain stores, and easy credit transformed the economy. 1920 paints a vivid portrait of America, beset by the Red Scare, jailed dissidents, Prohibition, smoke-filled rooms, bomb-throwing terrorists, and the Klan, gingerly crossing modernity's threshold.
The same author has also written books on the presidential elections of 1932, 1948, and 1960, all of which are excellent.
Just finished a very similar book:
Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the “Rocking, Socking” Election of 1952
Highly recommended as well.
RIP
Posted on 11/18/20 at 5:00 pm to CoachD2235
American Life - Ronald Reagan
Decision Points - George W. Bush
Decision Points - George W. Bush
This post was edited on 11/18/20 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 11/18/20 at 6:53 pm to CoachD2235
Great idea. This is why I come here.
Posted on 11/19/20 at 9:39 pm to CoachD2235
Anything by David McCullough. He won Pulitizer Prizes for both Truman and John Adams.
Anything by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Her books on Lincoln, the Roosevelt's, and the Fitzgerald's and the Kennedy's are great. Team of Rivals and No Ordinary Time both won Pulitzers.
Edmund Morris' TR books are excellent but he screwed up on Reagan.
Anything by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Her books on Lincoln, the Roosevelt's, and the Fitzgerald's and the Kennedy's are great. Team of Rivals and No Ordinary Time both won Pulitzers.
Edmund Morris' TR books are excellent but he screwed up on Reagan.
Posted on 11/21/20 at 3:20 pm to CoachD2235
There is a series called "American Presidents Series". I read the one on Calvin Coolidge years ago and at the time I told myself that I want to eventually read each one.. It kind of slipped my mind so maybe I will work in another one soon..
Here is the link that has every book to the series.
LINK
Here is the link that has every book to the series.
LINK
Posted on 11/27/20 at 2:14 pm to CoachD2235
Recarving Rushmore is my favorite book on the presidents.
Posted on 11/27/20 at 2:22 pm to CoachD2235
Check out What it Takes. It discusses the 1988 primaries and is a fast paced, fascinating read.
Posted on 1/6/21 at 1:52 pm to CoachD2235
McCullough's biography of Truman is my favorite presidential bio so far. His biography of Adams is also very good.
I just got Chernow's book on Grant. Not sure when I'll get to it, but it's on the shelf!
I just got Chernow's book on Grant. Not sure when I'll get to it, but it's on the shelf!
Posted on 1/6/21 at 7:31 pm to Master of Sinanju
I just started reading Chernow's Washington bio. I'm just gonna read in Presidential order.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 8:13 am to CoachD2235
This Taft Biography is great
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Posted on 1/10/21 at 5:14 pm to CoachD2235
Check out this website blog
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The author read numerous biographies on each President and has excellent reviews on them all. I use this blog before I purchase or read a President’s bio. Highly recommend!
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The author read numerous biographies on each President and has excellent reviews on them all. I use this blog before I purchase or read a President’s bio. Highly recommend!
Posted on 1/11/21 at 9:55 pm to CoachD2235
Just an interesting footnote: John Tyler, the 10th President, has a grandson that's still alive and one just died a few months ago.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 1/12/21 at 7:30 pm to Htowntiger90
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just got Chernow's book on Grant. Not sure when I'll get to it, but it's on the shelf!
FINALLY finished it last year . Man what an exhaustive read . It was great though.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 10:21 pm to Lawyered
Enjoyed Eisenhower by jean Edward smith and Herbert Hoover bio
Posted on 1/24/21 at 7:32 pm to Master of Sinanju
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I also like Edmund Morris's Teddy Roosevelt series.
got about 1/3 through the first book. when they started talking about him having booze poos on his childhood Europe trip I kind of checked out. way too much detail for me. I might pick it up again another time though
This post was edited on 1/24/21 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 1/28/21 at 9:18 pm to CoachD2235
I’m reading The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs and Micheal Duffy. Interesting stuff
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