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Dominique Nabokov

All works by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., (1917-2007) was the preeminent political historian of our time. For more than half a century, he was a cornerstone figure in the intellectual life of the nation and a fixture on the political scene. He won two Pulitzer prizes for The Age of Jackson (1946) and A Thousand Days (1966), and in 1988 received the National Humanities Medal. He published the first volume of his autobiography, A Life in the Twentieth Century, in 2000.

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John F. Kennedy

The American Presidents Series: The 35th President, 1961-1963

The American Presidents

Alan Brinkley; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The young president who brought vigor and glamour to the White House while he confronted cold war crises abroad and calls for social change at home John...

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William Henry Harrison

The American Presidents Series: The 9th President,1841

The American Presidents

Gail Collins; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The president who served the shortest term—just a single month—but whose victorious election campaign rewrote the rules for candidates seeking America's...

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Millard Fillmore

The American Presidents Series: The 13th President, 1850-1853

The American Presidents

Paul Finkelman; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil war In the summer of 1850, America was at...

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Andrew Johnson

The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

The American Presidents

Annette Gordon-Reed; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

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...

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Jimmy Carter

The American Presidents

Julian E. Zelizer; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises A peanut...

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Lyndon B. Johnson

The American Presidents Series: The 36th President, 1963-1969

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Charles Peters; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War Few...

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Franklin Pierce

The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857

The American Presidents

Michael F. Holt; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery Charming and handsome,...

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Herbert Hoover

The American Presidents Series: The 31st President, 1929-1933

The American Presidents

William E. Leuchtenburg; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

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

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Abraham Lincoln

The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865

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George S. McGovern; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

America’s greatest president, who rose to power in the country’s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War Abraham...

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John Tyler

The American Presidents Series: The 10th President, 1841-1845

The American Presidents

Gary May; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The first “accidental president,” whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion When William Henry Harrison died in April...

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The Founding Fathers

The American Presidents

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., read by Richard Rohan Macmillan Audio

This elegant boxed-set includes biographies of America’s first four chief executives in volumes compact enough for the busy listener....

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Harry S. Truman

The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

The American Presidents

Robert Dallek; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century In April 1945,...

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Zachary Taylor

The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849-1850

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John S. D. Eisenhower; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation’s highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil...

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George H. W. Bush

The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993

The American Presidents

Timothy Naftali; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, General Editors Times Books

The judicious statesman who won victories abroad but suffered defeat at home, whose wisdom and demeanor served America well at a critical time George Bush...

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Richard M. Nixon

The American Presidents Series: The 37th President, 1969-1974

The American Presidents

Elizabeth Drew; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The complex man at the center of America’s most self-destructive presidency In this provocative and revelatory assessment of the only president ever forced...

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Gerald R. Ford

The American Presidents Series: The 38th President, 1974-1977

The American Presidents

Douglas Brinkley; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The “accidental” president whose innate decency and steady hand restored the presidency after its greatest crisis When Gerald R. Ford entered the White...

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Calvin Coolidge

The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929

The American Presidents

David Greenberg; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership He was known as...

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James A. Garfield

The American Presidents Series: The 20th President, 1881

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Ira Rutkow; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politics—only to be felled by an assassin’s bullet and to die at the hands of his...

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Andrew Jackson

The American Presidents Series: The 7th President, 1829-1837

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Sean Wilentz; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The towering figure who remade American politics—the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege The Founding Fathers...

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James Monroe

The American Presidents Series: The 5th President, 1817-1825

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Gary Hart; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first “national security president” James Monroe is remembered...

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Benjamin Harrison

The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893

The American Presidents

Charles W. Calhoun; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government Politics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the...

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Martin Van Buren

The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841

The American Presidents

Ted Widmer; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

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

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Ulysses S. Grant

The American Presidents Series: The 18th President, 1869-1877

The American Presidents

Josiah Bunting III; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The underappreciated presidency of the military man who won the Civil War and then had to win the peace as well As a general, Ulysses S. Grant is routinely...

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Chester Alan Arthur

The American Presidents Series: The 21st President, 1881-1885

The American Presidents

Zachary Karabell; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive-and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him Chester...

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James Buchanan

The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861

The American Presidents

Jean H. Baker; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James...

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Warren G. Harding

The American Presidents Series: The 29th President, 1921-1923

The American Presidents

John W. Dean; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

President Nixon’s former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal Warren G. Harding may be best known as America’s worst...

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George Washington

The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797

The American Presidents

James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first president Revolutionary...

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James K. Polk

The American Presidents Series: The 11th President, 1845-1849

The American Presidents

John Seigenthaler; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

The story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracy James K. Polk was a shrewd and...

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The American Presidents Series: The 32nd President, 1933-1945

The American Presidents

Roy Jenkins; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A masterly work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Gladstone A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano...

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William McKinley

The American Presidents Series: The 25th President, 1897-1901

The American Presidents

Kevin Phillips; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacy By any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin...

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John Adams

The American Presidents Series: The 2nd President, 1797-1801

The American Presidents

John Patrick Diggins; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A revealing look at the true beginning of American politics Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by...

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Woodrow Wilson

The American Presidents Series: The 28th President, 1913-1921

The American Presidents

H. W. Brands; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policy On the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow...

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Thomas Jefferson

The American Presidents Series: The 3rd President, 1801-1809

The American Presidents

Joyce Appleby; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

An illuminating analysis of the man whose name is synonymous with American democracy Few presidents have embodied the American spirit as fully as Thomas...

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Rutherford B. Hayes

The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881

The American Presidents

Hans Trefousse; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000 The disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford...

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

The American Presidents Series: The 34th President, 1953-1961

The American Presidents

Tom Wicker; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

An American icon and hero faces a nation-and a world-in transition A bona-fide American hero at the close of World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower rode an...

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Grover Cleveland

The American Presidents Series: The 22nd and 24th President, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897

The American Presidents

Henry F. Graff; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American...

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John Quincy Adams

The American Presidents Series: The 6th President, 1825-1829

The American Presidents

Robert V. Remini; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A vivid portrait of a man whose pre- and post-presidential careers overshadowed his presidency. Chosen by the House of Representatives after an inconclusive...

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James Madison

The American Presidents Series: The 4th President, 1809-1817

The American Presidents

Garry Wills; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father. Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of...

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Theodore Roosevelt

The American Presidents Series: The 26th President, 1901-1909

The American Presidents

Louis Auchincloss; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor Times Books

An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th century The American century opened with the election of that quintessentially American adventurer,...

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