"#1 LINCOLN: Lincoln’s life tells a good tale of America: Born in a log cabin to a common family, pursued an education, worked hard, cared about the American ideals, and wielded power in their defense."
"He used brilliant skills to preserve the nation dedicated to the idea that “all men are created equal.” Expanded presidential powers. Emancipation Proclamation. Gettysburg Address. Wise leadership."
"Pulitzer Prize-winning book explains the struggle over slavery climaxing in civil war. Lincoln quipped, “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him.”"
"#2 FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. He led America through the Great Depression and World War II. An unusually effective president: leadership, legislation, administration, response to voters, and a great speaker."
"Bancroft Prize and Francis Parkman Prize winner. A most-acclaimed, thorough book on the "New Deal." FDR sought RELIEF for the desolate, RECOVERY for the economy, and REFORM for capitalism (saving it)."
"Pulitzer Prize winner. FDR spoke, “I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.” He led America out of depression, through total war, and into his smart plan for lasting stability."
"Pulitzer Prize, Francis Parkman Prize and National Book Award winner. FDR’s masterful actions to destroy Hitler and fascism place him as a giant of world history. A classic FDR biography; volume two."
"A scholarly masterpiece. To understand FDR's leadership you have to learn about the giant scope of the problems and what was at stake during World War II - civilization itself. 60 million died."
"#3 WASHINGTON: Revolutionary War general. His character and status brought international respect. He set head-of-state traditions, flexed power against rebellion, and relinquished power uneventfully."
"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This book introduces the founding fathers, like WASHINGTON, and the ideas of the new nation in the context of their efforts (and hostile fights) to shape the government."
"The Declaration of Independence asserted the unalienable Rights to “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The Bill of Rights protects them. This book tells the whole story of the revolution."
"#4 THEODORE ROOSEVELT: Progressive. Trust-buster. Opened corporate books to inspection. Hepburn Act to regulate railroad prices - the first regulatory committee. Writer. Rough Rider. Conservationist."
"Pulitzer winner. T.R. used “Bully Pulpit” to lobby his causes to the public. Passed safe food laws. “Square Deal” for workers. Made U.S. a world player. Achieved Panama Canal. Won Nobel Peace Prize."
"#5 TRUMAN: Book won Pulitzer. He waged the Cold War against Stalin’s totalitarianism. His Marshall Plan, NATO, and Truman Doctrine saved Western and Southern Europe from communism. Passed FDR’s U.N."
"Proposed "Fair Deal" to expand New Deal, with national health care, but was blocked. G.I. Bill funded college for 8 million veterans, growing middle class. Contained Korean War. Desegregated military."
"#6 WILSON: Honest PHD scholar. His "New Freedom" championed smart, just government. Gained voting rights for women, child labor ban, low tariffs, Clayton Antitrust Act, FTC, and graduated income tax."
"Won historic Federal Reserve Act. Helped win WWI. His plan for world stability was ignored, leading to depression and WWII. Created League of Nations; failed to win U.S. entry. Won Nobel Peace Prize."
"#7 JEFFERSON: Wrote Declaration of Independence. Outlined Bill of Rights. Egalitarian aristocrat. Inventor. Scientist. Architect. Farmer. Opposed & blocked slavery, yet had slaves. Louisiana Purchase."
"#8 JFK: Vigor and vision. Bright policymaking. Managed Cuban Missile Crisis. Won Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; moon flight. Sought New Frontier (civil rights, War on Poverty, tax cut). Began Vietnam War."
"#10 LBJ: Pulitzer-winning study of power. LBJ passed JFK's historic Civil Rights Act, tax cut & misguided War on Poverty; Vietnam quagmire. Achieved historic Voting Rights Act and Medicare/Medicaid."
"LBJ's Great Society gave opportunity to millions: huge education funding (college loans/grants, Head Start, K-12), clean air/water, consumer protection, medical research, NEA, mass transit, public TV."
"Pulitzer winner. Magnifies LBJ's civil rights achievements. Note: Reagan opposed the Voting Rights Act and began his presidential campaign in the town where KKK murdered civil rights leaders in 1964."
"#12 POLK: He expanded U.S. borders to the Pacific by gaining the Oregon Territory from Britain and winning Southwest Territory/California through Mexican War. Slavery expansion issue became heated."
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom
Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom: Volume 2, 1940-1945
A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II
Man of the People: Life of Harry S. Truman: A Life of Harry S. Truman (Oxford Paperbacks)
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963
Guns or Butter: The Presidency of Lyndon Johnson
James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse (Library of American Biographies)
