President George Herbert Walker Bush’s passing represented a style of leadership that Americans once took for granted. Reviewed by Ed...

Few anticipated Vice-President Chester Arthur—a son of an ardent abolitionist preacher and progeny of the powerful New York Republican political...

Donna M. Lucey adopts a fresh approach to uncovering the humanity that dwells behind the veil of Gilded Age spectacle....

In this commendable compilation of presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin rigorously re-examines four legendary American presidents through...

From General Ulysses S. Grant’s childhood, it was apparent that his life would be defined by the great crusade to...

If anyone thinks partisanship is out of control today, read David O. Stewart’s, “Impeached.” One hundred and fifty years after...

Growing up in Salem, Massachusetts, my first job aged 14 (not including a stint as a diminutive paper girl) was...

James Madison’s gift, referred to in the title of David O. Stewart’s impressively researched biography, was his ability to partner...

Brad Hoopes’s Reflections of Our Gentle Warriors: Personal Stories of World War II Veterans, is a heartfelt tribute to the...

Writing a review of one of the most famous autobiographies in history feels a bit audacious. And to the reader,...

John Adams, in his bitter old age, complained that George Washington was too much worshiped by the American people. Washington’s...

Louisa Thomas takes the story of an earlier Louisa (Feb. 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852), Louisa Adams, wife of...