The story of seven men--a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a ranchman, a soldier, and a politician--who merged at the age of 42 to become the youngest President in history.
Moses is pictured as idealist reformer and political manipulator as his rise to power and eventual domination of New York State politics is documented.
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner: Of all the Kennedy books ... this is the best. Time Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency from the long and grueling campaign to Kennedy s tragic and unexpected assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. In A Thousand Days, Schlesinger combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy s inner circle with sweeping research and historic...
The Puliter-Prize winning classic and national bestseller returns! In this brilliant biographya Pulitzer Prizewinning national bestsellerDavid Herbert Donald, Harvard professor emeritus, traces Sumner's life as the nation careens toward civil war. In a period when senators often exercised more influence than presidents, Senator Charles Sumner was one of the most powerful forces in the American government and remains one of the most controversial...