Henry Clay: The Essential American

6 best books like Henry Clay: The Essential American (David S. Heidler): Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, The Mismeasure of Man, Wilson, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Author	Doris Kearns Goodwin
ISBN	0743270754

Winner of the Lincoln Prize

Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.

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The Mismeasure of Man

Author	Stephen Jay Gould
ISBN	0393314251

The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.

How smart are you? If that question doesn't spark a dozen more questions in your mind (like "What do you mean by 'smart,'" "How do I measure it" and "Who's asking?"), then The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould's masterful demolition...

Wilson

Author	A. Scott Berg
ISBN	0399159215

From Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times–bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitive—and revelatory—biography of one of the great American figures of modern times.

One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential...

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

Author	James M. McPherson
ISBN	1594201919

I thought this was a good companion history to Goodwin's Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Whereas that one delves into Lincoln's relationship with his fractious cabinet, McPherson's is a chronological history of Lincoln's interactions with his generals. After reading this,...

The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin

Author	Gordon S. Wood
ISBN	0143035282

From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republic and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has blinded generations of Americans to the man he really was and makes sense of aspects of his life and career...

James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity

Author	Harry Ammon
ISBN	0813912660

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“James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity” by Harry Ammon was originally published in 1971, making it the oldest of the well-read biographies of our fifth president (though this is not a particularly crowded field). Ammon is formerly...