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John Adams
via whitehouse.gov I was moved by the Adams biography. Having seen the mini-series last year, I enjoyed the re-tread of his life and the greater detail. I thought he was a fascinating man, and his...
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I've decided to skip over Jefferson for now. I've already read Hitchens' biography of him in the Eminent Lives series and I will eventually get to American Sphinx. But he features prominently in both...
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George H. W. Bush
via whitehouse.gov I finished a short biography of George HW Bush over the weekend (the book I read was by Timothy Naftali and it’s part of the American Presidents series). Bush was the first...
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via youtube.com I hadn’t seen this one about Hamilton. Thanks Mary M. But there’s a series of videos about historical events narrated by drunk people starring famous people reenacting exactly what the...
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Alexander Hamilton
My Presidential reading list took a detour with the inclusion of Alexander Hamilton. After several of the biographies (Adams and Washington especially), it became clear that Hamilton and Ben Franklin...
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My opinion of Jefferson has changed dramatically since I started this reading project. I have read a lot of Jefferson's work, and read a lot about him. But one of the big questions about his character...
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James Madison
via whitehouse.gov I read a short biography of Madison, our fourth president, in my Presidential reading series. The book is from the American President series, which was also the series I chose for...
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James Monroe | The White House
via whitehouse.gov James Monroe was the last of the Virginian Presidents who were 4 out of first 5 presidents. He was also the last President to have fought in the Revolutionary War. Mostly, we...
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Old Hickory
My Presidential reading list got waylaid for a little while last year with Andrew Jackson and American Lion. This book sat on my nightstand for too long, but I finally finished it over the weekend....
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Martin Van Buren … #8
One of the things that happens when you read biographies of all the presidents is that you read about vaguely boring Presidents like Martin Van Buren. (For a less boring taken on Van Buren, here’s...
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