19 Best history books like James Monroe: A Republican Champion (Contested Boundaries) by Brook Poston

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James Monroe: A Republican Champion (Contested Boundaries)

By: Brook Poston

3.09

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Despite serving his country for 50 years and being among the most qualified men to hold the office …

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1. James Madison

By: Richard Brookhiser

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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2. John Quincy Adams

By: Harlow Giles Unger

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion again… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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3. John Tyler: The Accidental President

By: Edward P. Crapol

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Hardcover

The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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4. Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero

By: Michael Korda

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One of the first two volumes in Harper's Eminent Livesseries, Korda brings his acclaimed storytelli… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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5. Truman

By: David McCullough

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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6. An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland

By: H. Paul Jeffers

3.91

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

Grover Cleveland is known primarily as the only president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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7. His Excellency: George Washington

By: Joseph J. Ellis

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the e… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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9. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

By: Jon Meacham

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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11. The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

By: Scott S. Greenberger

3.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents

12. Andrew Johnson (The American Presidents, #17)

By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz , Annette Gordon-Reed

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Con… read more

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13. Millard Fillmore (The American Presidents, #13)

By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz , Paul Finkelman

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

The oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed th… read more

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14. Caesar: Life of a Colossus

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.22

Format: 583 pages, Hardcover

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

15. A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent

By: Robert W. Merry

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomat… read more

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16. Grant

By: Jean Edward Smith

3.81

Format: None pages,

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17. Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman and Lincoln's Guiding Light

By: Harlow Giles Unger

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A compelling new biography of America's most powerful Speaker of the House, who held the divided na… read more

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18. The Oregon Trail

By: Francis Parkman

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing fr… read more

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19. Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume One

By: Michael Burlingame

4.54

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar … read more

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20. Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume Two

By: Michael Burlingame

4.54

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar … read more

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21. Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency--21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories

By: Paul Brandus

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Why, in the minutes before John F. Kennedy was murdered, was a blood-red carpet installed in the Ov… read more

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22. Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents

By: None

4.33

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Worst. President. Ever. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightenin… read more

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23. Zachary Taylor

By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Sean Wilentz , John S.D. Eisenhower

3.71

Format: 32 pages,

The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation's highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the … read more

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24. 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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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
"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

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25. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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26. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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27. Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

By: Casey Means

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A bold new vision for optimizing our health now and in the future. What if depression, anxiety, … read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island

By: Scott Davis Dawson

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

For over 400 years, the mystery of Roanoke's "Lost Colony" has puzzled historians and spawned consp… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. Martin Van Buren: A Captivating Guide to the Man Who Served as the Eighth President of the United States (U.S. Presidents)

By: Captivating History

3.28

Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition

Explore the Captivating Life of Martin Van Buren Free History BONUS Inside! History chiefly remembe… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • presidents
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30. James Monroe: A Republican Champion (Contested Boundaries)

By: Brook Poston

3.09

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Despite serving his country for 50 years and being among the most qualified men to hold the office … read more

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  • history
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  • presidents
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31. James Garfield: The Life and Legacy of the Second President to Be Assassinated

By: Charles River Editors

3.36

Format: 87 pages, Kindle Edition

*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts *Includes a bibliography for further… read more

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19 must-read nonfiction books like James Monroe: A Republican Champion (Contested Boundaries) by Brook Poston

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Richard Brookhiser

3.75

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Harlow Giles Unger

4.02

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John Tyler: The Accidental President

Edward P. Crapol

0.00

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Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero

Michael Korda

3.33

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4.30

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A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Troy Senik

4.16

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Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen

4.27

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Erik Larson

4.24

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