McJimsey (history, Iowa State University) describes the successes and failures of FDR's twelve-year presidency an administration beginning in the depression, spanning the second World War, and generat
Noble Cunningham's history of the fifth presidency (1817-1825) shows a young nation beset by growing pains and led by a cautious politician who had neither the learning nor the intellect of Jefferson
The first book-length assessment of Coolidge's presidency in thirty years draws on the recently opened papers of his White House physician for hitherto unknown personal information. Ferrell (history,
"Four score and seven years ago. Are any six words better known, of greater import, or from a more crucial moment in our nation's history? And yet after 150 years the dramatic and surprising story of
Provides insight into the experience of pioneers settling on the plains in the mid-to-late-1800s, detailing major economic events, the grasshopper invasion of 1874, and the blizzard of 1886.
Relates the events of the brief presidency of William Henry Harrison, and discusses John Tyler's determination to maintain the integrity of the office.
Reviews the policies, personality, and administration of the fifteenth president reassessing his approaches to controversial and critical national and regional events, conflicts, and trends and his ro
Assesses Johnson's effectiveness as a president and significance in American history by examining his use of presidential power, his role in Reconstruction, domestic development, and foreign affairs f
Ohio lawyer Taylor (1836-1908) was only 24 when he joined the Union army, leaving behind a wife and two infant children. Well known Civil War historian Castel draws on his letters and journal, and her
