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Released: Nov. 23, 2010
"Roosevelt never fails to fascinate, and Morris provides a highly readable, strong finish to his decades-long marathon."
With appropriate crescendo and coda, the concluding volume of the author's sweeping biography of Theodore Roosevelt, following
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979) and
Theodore Rex (2001).
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Released: June 8, 2010
"With the final volume yet to appear, Robert Caro's magnificent biography is the standard-bearer, but Peters delivers a splendid short version."
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Released: April 6, 2010
"Remnick's fluent writing makes this expansive, significant book move along swiftly. Readers will look forward to the sequel, eight years from now."
From
New Yorker editor Remnick (
Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker, 2006, etc.), a world-ranging, eye-opening, comprehensive life to date of the 44th President of the United States
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Released: June 1, 2009
"A fresh take on a monumental American."
Historian Ferling (
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence, 2007, etc.) unveils the canny politician behind America's first president.
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Released: Nov. 3, 2008
"A highly readable, often insightful analysis of an unequaled prose master for whom writing was "the supreme artifact of human genius.""
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Released: Oct. 1, 2008
"Effectively brings this tense interlude to vivid life."
Award-winning Lincoln scholar Holzer (
Lincoln at Cooper Union, 2004, etc.) meticulously examines the ominous period between the 16th president's election and his swearing in.
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Released: Oct. 18, 2005
"Brands illuminates the life of an American original while shedding light on such matters as the conquest of Texas and the origins of the Civil War. A pleasure for history buffs."
Industrial-strength historian Brands (
Lone Star Nation, 2004, etc.), prolific in the Ambrose-McCullough vein, turns his attention to oft-overlooked Old Hickory.
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Released: Sept. 1, 2004
"A well-written look at the enigmatic politics and personalities of the early Republic."
For those still pondering the presidential election of 2000, and looking that of 2004 in the eye, comes this knotty tale from the days of the Founders.
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Released: Oct. 1, 2001
"Those who survived the Nixon era will shudder anew; younger readers will find this a lucid survey of a strange time."
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Released: May 1, 2001
"Despite the whopping length, there's not a wasted word in this superb, swiftly moving narrative, which brings new and overdue honor to a Founding Father."
A great, troubled, and, it seems, overlooked president receives his due from the Pulitzer-winning historian/biographer McCullough (
Truman, 1992, etc.).
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Released: Jan. 4, 2001
"A master craftsman's rendering of a character who needs no embellishment."
Auchincloss (
Her Infinite Variety, 2000, etc.) trains his acute sensibility and elegant prose on our most colorful chief executive, rendering Teddy as a man of his time as well as a timeless example of principled leadership.
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Released: Feb. 1, 1998
"Fortunately, even the worst American presidents haven't destroyed the country, making it possible to enjoy this survey of their follies."
