 | His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.24 Come to know George Washington. The vignettes that open each chapter are especially illuminating.
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 | John Adams by David McCullough
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $5.45 Pulitzer Prize winner by the finest American biographer of our time.
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 | American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.92 Intelligent, insightful biography of Jefferson, though Ellis is wrong about Sally Hemings.
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 | James Madison (The American Presidents Series) by Garry Wills
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $6.47 A brief but solid biography of the "Father of the Constitution."
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 | John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life by Paul C. Nagel
Buy new: $21.81 / Used from: $10.91 Excellent biography of an underrated man.
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 | Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress by Joseph Wheelan
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.28 The post-presidential congressional career of "Old Man Eloquent." Outstanding.
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 | American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (New York Times Notable Books) by Jon Meacham
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $8.62 An enjoyable read on the controversial man known as "Old Hickory."
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 | Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $2.24 The greatest biography of our greatest president.
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 | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Buy new: $12.28 / Used from: $4.59 A magnificent book on Lincoln and his cabinet.
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 | Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy by David O. Stewart
Buy new: $17.82 / Used from: $6.47 Excellent book on Johnson and the congressional effort to impeach him.
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 | Grant by Jean Edward Smith
Buy new: $15.84 / Used from: $6.93 Far and away, the best biography of the great general and not-so-great president.
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 | Dark Horse : The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield by Kenneth D. Ackerman
Buy used from: $12.46 Superb work on Garfield, his election, and his brief presidency.
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| Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage (2 Volumes, complete) by Grover) Nevins, Allan Cleveland
Buy used from: $84.99 Pulitzer Prize winner, an old but fantastic book.
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 | In the Days of McKinley by Margaret Leech
Buy new: $37.50 / Used from: $18.79 Pulitzer Prize winner--a beautifully written book,and one that will give you a greater appreciation of McKinley.
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 | Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $3.97 Mcullough's outstanding tale of Roosevelt's youth.
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 | The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Edmund Morris
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $4.65 First volume of a highly readable biography of TR.
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 | Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Edmund Morris
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $1.11 The second volume is every bit as good as the first.
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 | Woodrow Wilson : A Biography (Signature Series) by August Heckscher
Buy new: $30.60 / Used from: $58.72 The best biography of the one-time governor of New Jersey.
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 | No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Buy used from: $5.95 Another great read from the excellent Ms. Kearns Goodwin.
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 | Truman by David McCullough
Buy new: $15.84 / Used from: $1.54 Another Pulitzer Prize winner from McCullough--a landmark book.
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 | Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $0.99 Michael Korda's opus on the good and great Eisenhower.
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 | An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963 (Dynasty) by Robert Dallek
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $1.85 The most fair and true biography of JFK.
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 | Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $2.22 Doris Kearns Goodwin is clearly one of our best historians.
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