Explores the life and political career of George Washington from his childhood in Virginia, through his role in the American Revolution, to his years as President.

Traces the life of the thirty-fourth president, from his childhood in Kansas, through his military career, to his terms as president and his efforts to preserve American strength during the start of the Cold War.

Traces the life of the twenty-eighth president, from his childhood, through his years of extensive writing, to his terms as president and his involvement in the end of World War I and the founding of the League of Nations.

A portrait of the early nineteenth-century president documents his career with the House of Representatives, efforts to create a consolidated national government, role as a diplomat, contributions to foreign policy, and antislavery campaigns.

A biography of the seventh president of the United States, focusing on his childhood and young adulthood.

A biography of the thirty-fifth president of the United States, focusing on his childhood and young adulthood.

An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th centuryThe warm and knowing biography traces Roosevelt's involvement in the politics of New York City and New York State, his celebrated, military career, and his ascent to the national political stage. Caricatured through history as the "bull moose", Roosevelt was in fact a man of extraordinary discipline whose refined and literate tastes actually helped spawn his fascination with the rough-and-ready...

A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacy. By any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin Phillips argues, William McKinley was a major American president. It was during his administration that the United States made its diplomatic and military debut as a world power. McKinley was one of eight presidents who, either in the White House or on the battlefield, stood as principals in successful...