T.R.: The Last Romantic

6 best books like T.R.: The Last Romantic (H.W. Brands): The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, Wilson, A. Lincoln, My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, The Radicalism of the American Revolution

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Author	Edmund Morris
ISBN	0375756787

'Colonel Roosevelt,' which takes its title from Roosevelt's favourite way of being addressed during his emeritus years, follows the African Journey with Mr. Morris's characteristic care. He uses primary sources, sometimes even rough drafts of letters and documents, and goes well beyond Roosevelt's...

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Author	Joseph J. Ellis
ISBN	0679764410

It started when I was reading Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage, this niggling feeling of discomfort I get when reading a book when the author seems to be taking opportunities to lionize his/her subjects – or at the very least, portraying them in a simplistic, single facet. I’ve had this issue with...

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...

A. Lincoln

Author	Ronald C. White Jr.
ISBN	1400064996

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD

Everyone wants to define the man who...

My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

Author	Abigail Adams
ISBN	0674026063

In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to "Miss Adorable," the 17-year-old Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. The letters that span these nearly forty years form the...

The Radicalism of the American Revolution

Author	Gordon S. Wood
ISBN	0679736883

In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian describes the events that made the American Revolution. Gordon S. Wood depicts a revolution that was about much more than a break from England, rather it transformed...