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Author |
Dewey
Number |
Description |
Destiny and
Power |
Meacham,
Jon |
973.92 MEA |
A revealing biography that should serve as
the starting point for future evaluations of the 41st president. |
Abigail
Adams |
Holton,
Woody |
92 ADA |
The “saucy” lady gets a generous treatment in
this entertaining gambol through the Founding era. |
The
Residence |
Brower,
Kate Anderson |
975.3 BRO |
Anecdotes both touching and hilarious about
living and working in the White House, “the country’s most potent and
enduring symbol of the presidency.” |
The
Hemingses of Monticello |
Gordon-Reed,
Annette |
920 GOR |
The unusual history of an enslaved family
whose destiny was shaped over the course of four decades by Thomas Jefferson. |
11/22/63 |
King,
Stephen |
FIC KIN |
King’s vision of one outcome of the Kennedy
assassination plot reminds us of what might have been—that is, almost
certainly a better present than the one in which we’re all actually living.
“If you want to know what political extremism can lead to,” warns King in an
afterword, “look at the Zapruder film.” |
American
Wife |
Sittenfeld,
Curtis |
FIC SIT |
An elementary-school librarian marries the
least promising son of an old-moneyed, intensely competitive Republican
family and sticks by him as he rises from hard-drinking fool to unpopular
U.S. President in this roman à clef from Sittenfeld |
Lincoln in
the Bardo |
Saunders,
George |
FIC SAU |
With this book, Saunders asserts a complex
and disturbing vision in which society and cosmos blur. |
President
Kennnedy: Profile of Power |
Reeves,
Richard |
92 KEN |
Behind the scenes in the Kennedy
Administration--in well- documented, unusually revealing depth. |
The
President’s Club |
Gibbs,
Nancy |
973.92 GIB |
In a well-researched, disinterested analysis,
the authors show that collisions of ego, personality and politics can often
result in creation, not destruction. |
The
Invisible Bridge |
Perlstein,
Rick |
973.92 PER |
How Ronald Reagan lost the presidency and won
the heart of America. |
The Dark
Side of Camelot |
Hersh,
Seymour |
973.922 |
Marilyn Monroe alone escapes untarnished from
this file cabinet of a book, |
Thomas
Jefferson: The Art of Power |
Meacham,
Jon |
92 JEF |
An outstanding biography that reveals an
overlooked steeliness at Jefferson’s core that accounts for so much of his
political success. |
The Quartet |
Ellis,
Joseph |
342.73 ELL |
A brilliant account of six years during which
four Founding Fathers, “in disregard of public opinion, carried the American
story in a new direction.” |
My Life |
Clinton,
Bill |
92 CLI |
It may have been called a 'diary dump' but
Bill Clinton's My Life is still riveting. |
Dutch |
Morris,
Edmund |
92 REA |
This book, the only biography ever authorized
by a sitting President--yet written with complete interpretive freedom--is as
revolutionary in method as it is formidable in scholarship. |
Alexander
Hamilton |
Chernow,
Ron |
92 HAM |
A splendid life of an enlightened reactionary
and forgotten Founding Father. |
Grant |
Chernow,
Ron |
92 GRA |
At nearly 1,000 pages, Chernow delivers a
deeply researched, everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know biography, but few
readers will regret the experience. |
Theodore
Rex |
Morris,
Edmund |
92 ROO |
Morris celebrates his tenure in the Oval
Office, lauding him as the most popular and energetic chief executive of the
early modern era. |
Barack
Obama |
Maraniss,
David |
92 OBA |
Maraniss painstakingly constructs a sensible,
solid grounding beneath the mythology of the current president. |
First
Family |
Ellis,
Joseph |
920 ELL |
The Pulitzer Prize– and National Book
Award–winning author presents a vivid and insightful portrait of John and
Abigail Adams. |
What
Happened |
Mcclellan,
Scott |
973.931 MCC |
Account of Bush presidency by an advisor who
served for 7 years. |
The Age of
Jackson |
Schlesinger,
Arthur |
973.5 SCH |
A thoughtful and scholarly book,
substantially documented, but not for popular reading. |
Hidden
Power |
Marton,
Kati |
973.09 MAR |
An engrossing look at twelve presidential
marriages–from Edith and Woodrow Wilson to Laura and George W. Bush–that have
profoundly affected America’s history. |
Most
Blessed of the Patriarchs |
Gordon-Reed,
Annette |
973.46 GOR |
An elegant, astute study that is both
readable and thematically rich. |
The Defining
Moment |
Alter,
Jonathan |
973.917 ALT |
The birth of the New Deal, capably recounted. |
The Bully
Pulpit |
Goodwin,
Doris Kearns |
973.911 GOO |
It’s no small achievement to have something
new to say on Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency, but Goodwin succeeds admirably. A
notable, psychologically charged study in leadership. |