[Abridged] Presidential Histories
Kenny Ryan Austin
From Yorktown to the Civil War, Pearl Harbor to 9/11, Abridged Presidential Histories explores the successes, setbacks, and scandals that define each president’s legacy, and then asks what lessons we can learn from them.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the [Abridged] Presidential Histories podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Last Founding Father, James Monroe and A Nation’s Call to Greatness
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Harlow G Unger
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Martin Van Buren and the American political system
Donald B. Cole
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
John Quincy Adams
Charlie Edel
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
John Adams
David McCullough
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
James Madison
James Madison
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Washington
A Life
Ron Chernow
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
TR's Last War
Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy
David Pietrusza
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A country of vast designs
Robert Merry
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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Christopher McKnight Nichols
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The President's First the Press
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Harold Holzer
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Most Glorious Ride
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Ted Cohen
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt
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Ted Cohen
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Heirs of the Founders
The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
H.W. Brands
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Thomas Jefferson, the art of power
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John Mecham
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Heir to the Empire City, New York, and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
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Ted Cohen
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Dracula
Bram Stoker
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Presidents vs. the Press
Harold Holzer
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
How the Other Half Lives
Studies among the Tenements of New York
Jacob Riis
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
T.R.: The Last Romantic
H. W. Brands
