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U.S. Presidents: A reading list
A Listmania! list by Mark Klobas (Tempe, AZ, USA)

1. Washington: the Indispensable Man (A back bay book) by James Thomas Flexner

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	"The best one volume life of the first president, an abridgement of Flexner's four-volume masterpiece."

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2. John Adams by David McCullough

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	"An immensely readable book on the life of Washington's successor, a figure whose standing has risen in recent years."

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3. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph Ellis

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	"As Adams's reputation has risen, that of Jefferson has fallen. Ellis' book is less a biography than a reexamination, and is one of the most insightful books written about this complex figure."

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4. James Madison: A Biography by Ralph L. Ketcham

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	"The best one-volume Life of the fourth president, one of the greatest of the 'Founding Fathers' but a disappointment as president."

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5. John Quincy Adams (American Presidents (Times)) by Robert Vincent Remini

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	"This is a good introduction to one of America's greatest public servants, though one who proved unsuited to the presidency."

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6. The Life of Andrew Jackson (Perennial Classics) by Robert Vincent Remini

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	"An abridgement of Remini's great award-winning three-volume biography of a domiant president and a fascinating person."

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7. Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics by John Niven

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	"A good account of Jackson's successor, an amazing politician whose presidency foundered during the economic depression of the late 1830s."

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8. James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse (Library of American Biographies) by Sam W. Haynes

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	"A fascinating figure (a one-term president by choice) who has never received the biography he deserves; Haynes' book is the best introduction to his life and career."

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9. Lincoln by David Herbert Donald

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	"Many excellent books have been written about this great figure, but Donald's stands out as the best one-volume Life."

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10. Andrew Johnson: A Biography by Hans L Treffousse

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	"Lincoln's successor, who's disastrous relations with Congress during Reconstruction led to his becoming the first president ever to be impeached."

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11. Grant: A Biography by William S. McFeely

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	"Grant's greatest service was as a Union general during the Civil War; his subsquent preisdency proved to be one of the most ignominious in American history. This is the best single volume on his life"

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12. Rutherford B. Hayes: The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881 (American Presidents (Times)) by Hans Louis Trefousse

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	"Good overview of a respected politician whose controversial election brought an end to Reconstruction."

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13. An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland by H. Paul Jeffers

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	"The Gilded Age represented one of the low points in terms of presidential history; in that context, Cleveland's mediocrity shone out."

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14. William McKinley: The American Presidents (Thorndike American History) by Kevin P. Phillips

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	"Phillips provides an introduction to the last of the Gilded Age presidents, a man who presided over America's rise to empire."

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15. Theodore Roosevelt by Kathleen Dalton

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	"Dalton's is an excellent examination of this legendary figure, one of the few whose personality was larger than the office."

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16. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography by John Milton, Jr. Cooper

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	"Cooper's new biography sets the standard for future studies of this righteously rigid figure."

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17. Herbert Hoover: A Public Life by David Burner

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	"Burner offers a good stody of one of the most controversial figures in American history, a great man who became one of America's worst presidents."

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18. Franklin D. Roosevelt:a Rendevous with Destiny by Frank Freidel

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	"Though Freidel's multi-volume biography of FDR was never completed, this is a great single-volume Life of one of America's (and the world's) greatest leaders."

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19. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman (Oxford Paperbacks) by Alonzo L. Hamby

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	"McCullough's Truman biography is the more readable work, but Hamby offers the better analysis of Truman's presidency."

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20. Eisenhower: Soldier and President by Stephen E. Ambrose

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	"Though Ambrose is overrated as a historian, his is the best biography available of this general-turned-president."

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21. John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek

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	"This will probably stand for some time as THE Life of a man whose presidency looms large in the American imagination even today."

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22. LBJ: Architect of American Ambition by Randall Woods

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	"Woods's new study offers a sympathetic portrait of Johnson, who achievements will always be measured against the Vietnam War"

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23. Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician by Roger Morris

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	"Though it concludes with Nixon's election as Eisenhower's vice-president, this is one of the best studies of this complicated figure."

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24. President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime by Lou Cannon

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	"Lou Cannon has been a tireless examiner of Reagan's career for over two decades; this is the best of the four books he wrote on the man."

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25. First in His Class: Bill Clinton (A Touchstone book) by David Maraniss

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	"Though the verdict on Clinton's presidency remains to be rendered, Maraniss offers a good accounting of his pre-presidential years."

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