Review of “Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight” by Julia Sweig
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig 560 pages Random House Published: March 2021 Published this past …
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Review of “Lindbergh” by A. Scott Berg
Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg 640 pages G. P. Putnam’s Sons Published: September 1998 – Pulitzer Prize for Biography – …
Review of “Tecumseh and the Prophet” by Peter Cozzens
Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation by Peter Cozzens 533 pages Alfred A. Knopf Published: …
Review of “Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck” by William Souder
Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck by William Souder 464 pages W. W. Norton & Co. Published: …
Review of “John C. Calhoun: American Portrait” by Margaret Coit
John C. Calhoun: American Portrait by Margaret L. Coit 616 pages Houghton Mifflin Published: 1950 Published 100 years after Calhoun’s …
Review of “Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald” by Matthew Bruccoli
Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Matthew Bruccoli 624 pages Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Published: …
Review of “The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams” by David S. Brown
The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams by David S. Brown 464 pages Scribner …
Review of “Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise” by Scott Eyman
Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise by Scott Eyman 576 pages Simon & Schuster Published: October 2020 Published in October, “Cary …
Review of “Eleanor” by David Michaelis
Eleanor by David Michaelis 720 pages Simon & Schuster Published: October 2020 Published just two months ago, “Eleanor” is the …
Review of “Mark Twain: A Life” by Ron Powers
Mark Twain: A Life by Ron Powers 722 pages Free Press Published: September 2005 “Mark Twain: A Life” was published …
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