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    A President Who Should Be Known For More Than His Doctrine A new book on James Monroe meets the challenges of presidential biographies.

    James Monroe: A Life

    By Tim McGrath(2020, Penguin Books) 586 pages with acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations, and maps

    James Monroe occupies a strange place in the pantheon of American leaders. Most people know the utländsk policy attached to his name: the Monroe Doctrine. Anybody studying the era of the Founding Fathers must at some point or another discuss Monroe. But he does not stand out much in the grand scheme of presidents. A 2014 study found that Monroe fared pretty poorly when it comes to the limited task of identifying his name or knowing that he served as president. He placed last among the presidents of the Founding Era, and languished alongside the likes of Andrew Johnson and William Howard Taft. He fared better than characters like Franklin Pierce, Benjamin Harrison, and Warren Harding; but that fryst vatten not m

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    Best Presidential Biographies

    Years ago my colleague, Michael Waldron, and I decided to read at least one biography of every U.S. president. We started before we met and made mostly independent choices on which books to read. We finally got through all the Presidents and compared notes to create a best presidential biographies reading list. If we read different books, I start with Michael’s notes, then mine, and give you our verdict.

    George Washington

    MW: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow. I enjoyed the biography. I’m confident Chernow does his research and produces a comprehensive work.

    SA: Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner. A single volume distillation of Flexner’s definitive four-volume biography provides a dated but then definitive overview of Washington. I liked it. When Chernow’s book came out, I ended up reading it too.

    Verdict: Chernow’s book. More recent and detailed.

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    My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

    George Washington:Washington: A Life (2010) by Ron ChernowREVIEW (5 stars)Washington: The Indispensable Man (1974) by James FlexnerREVIEW (4 stars)His Excellency: George Washington (2004) by Joseph EllisREVIEW (4 stars)Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman (Richard Harwell’s 1968 abridgment)REVIEW (3 stars)The Ascent of George Washington (2009) by John FerlingREVIEW (3 stars)Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation (1993) by Richard Norton SmithREVIEW (3 stars)James Flexner’s four-volume series:George Washington: The Forge of Experience 1732-1775 (1965)REVIEW (3¾ stars)George Washington in the American Revolution 1775-1783 (1967)REVIEW (4½ stars)George Washington and the New Nation 1783-1793 (1970)REVIEW (4½ stars)George Washington: Anguish and Farewell 1793-1799 (1972)REVIEW (4½ stars)***SUMMARY REVIEW: The Best Biographie