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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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NONFICTION
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: 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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NONFICTION
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 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: 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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