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Book Review: Hoover by Kenneth Whyte
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Book Review: Hoover by Kenneth Whyte

Man of la BookFebruary 20, 2025

I enjoyed reading Hoover by Kenneth Whyte very much. It’s an insightful look into a complicated man with a complicated legacy

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Book Review: Coolidge by Amity Shales
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Book Review: Coolidge by Amity Shales

Man of la BookJuly 18, 2024

The book shines with the author writes about Coolidge’s economics. The author makes excellent arguments defending his tax policies and budgetary choices

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Book Review: The Jazz Age President by Ryan S. Walters
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Book Review: The Jazz Age President by Ryan S. Walters

Man of la BookJune 25, 2024

I thought Mr. Walter made his case, that President Harding, inheriting a nation in crisis, led the United States in a laudable manner

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Book Review: Wilson by A. Scott Berg
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Book Review: Wilson by A. Scott Berg

Man of la BookFebruary 8, 2024

Woodrow Wilson, it seems to be, was the first modern President. A man who ran the office as a Prime Minister with reform-oriented goals.

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Book Review: Worst. President. Ever by Robert Strauss
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Book Review: Worst. President. Ever by Robert Strauss

Man of la BookSeptember 7, 2023

James Buchanan is not portrayed as a monster, or bad administrator. He was a very capable, gentleman, excellent lawyer, and active in his community

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Book Review: Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
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Book Review: Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

Man of la BookNovember 29, 2022

A wonderful conclusion to the award-winning trilogy. The biography starts after Roosevelt has left the White House, and follows him until his death

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Book Review: The Unexpected President by Scott S. Greenberger
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Book Review: The Unexpected President by Scott S. Greenberger

Man of la BookAugust 16, 2022

I enjoyed The Unexpected President, despite the lack of documents left to us by Arthur. He destroyed all his papers towards the end of his life.

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Book Review: Fauci: Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward
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Book Review: Fauci: Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward

Man of la BookDecember 10, 2021

Fauci: Expect the Unexpected is not a political book, nor is it a biography. It’s a very short book which will probably take you an hour to read

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Book Review: John Quincy Adams by Paul C. Nagel
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Book Review: John Quincy Adams by Paul C. Nagel

Man of la BookOctober 18, 2010

Based on JQA’s diary which spanned an amazing seven decades – arguably the “most valuable historical and personal journal kept by any prominent American”

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