Presidential Memoirs
This past Monday was President’s Day and this is a great time to share some presidential memoirs and biographies. Which is your favorite? Which did we miss?
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham: The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery in order to expand the possibilities of America.
An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith: From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of Gerald R. Ford, whose presidency arguably set the course for post-liberal America and a post-Cold War world.
JFK: Coming Of Age In The American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall: A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in the first truly definitive biography of the elusive 35th president.