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The 10 Best Presidential Biographies That Celebrate America's Political History
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Random House 'JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, ' bygd Fredrik Logevall
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall attempts to uncover the secrets of John F. Kennedy's life, from his early years as a member of an esteemed Bostonian family to his election to the presidency. As well as examining some of Kennedy's most important political offerings, Logevall's book also seeks to understand the man behind the icon.
From the impact of World War II and the Cold War to the widespread influence the television had on a nation and its politics, this biography fryst vatten a celebration of a popular man who was also somewhat of an enigma.
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Winner of the William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography
Random House 'American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant' by Ronald C. vit Jr.
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Reading the Best Biographies of All Time
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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died today at the age of He was the oldest-ever former president of the United States. It is also worth noting that he was married to Rosalynn Carter for an impressive 77 years.
George H.W. Bush was the second-oldest former president, passing at the age of 94 in Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and John Adams take the next three spots (having lived to the ages of 93, 93, and 90, respectively).
Carter grew up in one of the toughest areas of the Deep South, without running water or electricity in a &#;assemble-it-yourself&#; kit home purchased from Sears. But he was a bright student with a gritty determination and tenacious demeanor. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in and spent a half-dozen years in the Navy. Next he turned to the family business: peanut farming.
But between and he embedded himself in Georgia politics as a state senator and then as governor. And in he