The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last nigh

"The most comprehensive single-volume reference work on the presidents of the United States, as well as a fascinating glimpse into the continuing evolution of t

The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become president,

The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to fe

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office