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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: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
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Book Review: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris

Man of la BookOctober 13, 2022

Politics and policy took front and center in Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris, which was interesting, but Mr. Roosevelt’s life to a second seat

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Book Review: The Divider Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
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Book Review: The Divider Peter Baker and Susan Glasser

Man of la BookSeptember 27, 2022

A compelling narrative of an administration steeped in non-stop scandal, much of it its own doing. Touching almost every headline generated from the oval

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Book Review: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
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Book Review: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

Man of la BookSeptember 22, 2022

This was a fascinating book, and certainly intensively researched. Mr. Morris’ narrative is very readable, it is obvious he is fascinated Mr. Roosevelt

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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: The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post-Presidency by Jean Becker
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Book Review: The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post-Presidency by Jean Becker

Man of la BookJune 9, 2021

It says a lot about President George H. W. Bush when one of his best friends came to be the person who handed him a defeat for his second presidential term.

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Book Review: The General’s Cook by Ramin Ganeshram
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Book Review: The General’s Cook by Ramin Ganeshram

Man of la BookNovember 19, 2018

A historical fiction book taking place in 1793, following the life of Hercules, a slave in Mt. Vernon, as well as President George Washington’s chef.

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Book Review:  The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II by Winston Groom
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Book Review: The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II by Winston Groom

Man of la BookNovember 15, 2018

The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II – recounts how Russia became and unlikely ally with the US & England

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Book Review: Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Book Review: Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Man of la BookOctober 24, 2018

A nonfiction book of extremely short biographies of those people the author deemed as changing the world they lived in. Mr. Montefiore is a prize winning author

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Book Review: Five Presidents by Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin
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Book Review: Five Presidents by Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin

Man of la BookOctober 10, 2018

Mr. Hill memoir is an eloquent, intelligent story covering his 17 years in the Secret Service, many of them spent protecting Presidents and first ladies

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