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Ask HN: Favourite biographies about USA presidents?
1 point by _lnwk on April 17, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
Heya,

I know this isn't a question related to anything technical, but since I've often saw discussion about books such as ones by Robert Caro, I thought this could be a nice place to ask.

What are your favourite biographies on various USA presidents? For some reason I'm fascinated in that aspect of USA history, even though I'm not American.

Mine I have so far:

Wilson by A. Scott Berg FDR Bush, both by Jean Edward Smith first three tomes of LBJ tetrology by Robert Caro Trump by Longin Pastusiak




The LBJ series by Robert Caro stands head and shoulders above everything else.

Some other good ones, including a great series about Winston Churchill:

Mornings on Horseback - about Teddy Roosevelt by David McCullough

Truman - David McCullough

The Last Lion - series of books about Churchill. I forget the author.

All of Doris Kearns Goodwin books are excellent, as well. She's covered a lot of presidents.




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