Theodore Roosevelt by Louis Auchincloss

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #26, C-SPAN historians’ ranking #4 Bullfeathers!!!! There is no person whose has been President who led a life that seems like it came out of a work of fiction more than Theodore Roosevelt. It seemed apropos that a novelist, Louis Auchincloss (The Rector of Justin among many other titles) wrote this biography of a [...]

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George H.W. Bush by Timothy Naftali

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #41, C-SPAN Historians Ranking #18 In the name of the father … George Herbert Walker Bush (not that anybody called him that when he was President except when he was sworn in) did not have an easy act to follow, succeeding one of America’s most popular Chief Executives in Ronald Reagan. He came into [...]

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Chester Alan Arthur by Zachary Karabell

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #21, C-SPAN Historians ranking #32 Muttonchops to the Rescue! Chester Alan Arthur, perhaps more than any other person to hold the job, never wanted to be President. He seemed stunned that he was put in that position. Then again, he accepted the job as Vice President, which does make you likely to become President. [...]

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Milllard Fillmore by Robert J. Scarry

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #13, C-SPAN historians ranking #37 Yes, I Was President For a job that has only had 43 different men in it, it seems to hard to believe that some people to hold the office could be as obscure as Millard Fillmore. America’s 13th President, an amiable politician from Buffalo, somehow managed to work his [...]

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LBJ: A Life by Irwin and Debi Unger

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Bob Timmermann

President #36, C-SPAN Historians’ Ranking #11 In Treatment Lyndon Baines Johnson was President for just a little over five years. However, if you try to read some of the biographies that have written about him, you may feel like you need five years to get through all of them. Robert Caro has written three volumes [...]

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