Zachary Taylor: Soldier in the White House
By: Holman Hamilton
3.46
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
This tome is the second volume of Holman Hamilton’s landmark biography of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850…
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1. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
2. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
3. John Quincy Adams: A Personal History of an Independent Man (Signature Ser.))
By: Marie B. Hecht , Katherine E. Speirs
3.78
Format: 681 pages, Hardcover
A study of the sixth president's private and public lives based on his journals, correspondence and… read more
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4. Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President
By: Robert J. Rayback
3.69
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
For some reason hard to understand, the historically minded public has had to wait 85 years since t… read more
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5. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766
By: Fred Anderson
4.19
Format: 912 pages, Paperback
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the Am… read more
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6. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caughtis the powerful narrative… read more
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7. Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers
By: James F. Simon
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The clashes between President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney over slavery, secess… read more
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8. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
By: Walter R. Borneman
3.00
Format: None pages,
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president … read more
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9. President James Buchanan: A Biography
By: Philip Shriver Klein
3.17
Format: None pages,
The life of James Buchanan is in essence the story of a man who declined to be a dictator. Republic… read more
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10. Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse
By: James L. Swanson
3.57
Format: 160 pages,
On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram… read more
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11. Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
By: Edmund Morris
4.10
Format: 766 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling readi… read more
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"If he was less motivated by compassion than anger at what he saw as the arrogance of capital,he chafed,nonetheless,to regulate it."-Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
"Ensconced, he (Roosevelt) lacked some of the neuroses of progressives-economic envy and race hatred especially.His radicalism was a matter of energy rather than urgency."-Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
"Norway...looked to Roosevelt "as funny a kingdom as was ever imagined outside of opera bouffe....It is much as if Vermont should offhand try the experiment of having a king."-Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
"He has,in short,reached his peak as a hunter,exuberantly altered from the pale,overweight statesman of ten months ago. Africa's way of reducing every problem of existence to dire alternatives-shoot o…"-Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt)
12. Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845
By: Robert V. Remini
4.12
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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13. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
14. Martin Van Buren and the American Political System
By: Donald B. Cole
4.01
Format: None pages,
Donald Cole analyzes the political skills that brought Van Buren the nickname Little Magician," des… read more
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15. John Adams
By: David McCullough
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more
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16. Andrew Johnson: A Biography
By: Hans L. Trefousse
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Politically shrewd but fatally unable to adapt to new political realities, Andrew Johnson presided,… read more
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17. Wilson
By: A. Scott Berg
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
From Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times-bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitiv… read more
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18. Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821
By: Robert V. Remini
3.86
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Available in paperback for the first time, these three volumes represent the definitive biography o… read more
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19. Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son
By: Peter A. Wallner
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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20. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner
3.89
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more
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"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
21. Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time
By: None
3.22
Format: 111 pages,
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22. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
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23. The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
By: Sean Wilentz
4.45
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
In this magisterial work, Sean Wilentz traces a historical arc from the earliest days of the republ… read more
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24. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Doris Kearns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Team of Rivals, captures the Progr… read more
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25. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
By: Jon Meacham
4.04
Format: 802 pages, Kindle Edition
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and … read more
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"No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
"Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize."-Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
26. President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler
By: Christopher J. Leahy
4.08
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Historians and the American public have long viewed President John Tyler as one of the nation’s lea… read more
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27. Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
By: Joel Richard Paul
4.17
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivo… read more
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28. Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832
By: Robert V. Remini
4.31
Format: 504 pages, Paperback
Available in paperback for the first time, these three volumes represent the definitive biography o… read more
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29. John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
By: Richard Brookhiser
3.80
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
The life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's premier Chief Justice In 1801, a genial… read more
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30. Zachary Taylor: Soldier in the White House
By: Holman Hamilton
3.46
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
This tome is the second volume of Holman Hamilton’s landmark biography of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850… read more
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31. The Real Deal: My Decade Fighting Battles and Winning Wars with Trump
By: George A. Sorial
3.98
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
George Sorial, a top Trump Organization executive, shares behind-the-scenes stories of Trump’s lead… read more
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