Americas category: 34066 books
White House Ghosts
Presidents and Their Speechwriters
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
In White House Ghosts, veteran Washington reporter Robert Schlesinger opens a fresh and revealing window on the modern presidency from FDR to George W. Bush. This is the first book to examine a crucial and often hidden role played by the men and women who help presidents find the words they hope will...
Jimmy Carter
The American Presidents Series: The 39th President, 1977-1981
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
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 farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter rose to national power through mastering the strategy of the maverick politician. As the face of the...
In Nixon's Web
A Year in the Crosshairs of Watergate
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
The last untold story of Watergate—by the FBI director who maintained his silence for more than thirty years
L.Patrick Gray III was the man caught in the middle of the Watergate scandal. He was a lifelong Republican, but Richard Nixon considered him a threat. Closing in on the conspiracy,...
The History Buff's Guide to the Presidents
Top Ten Rankings of the Best, Worst, Largest, and Most Controversial Facets of the American Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Did you know that Warren G. Harding played poker in the White House at least once a week? Or that Richard Nixon was a Quaker? The History Buff's Guide to the Presidents takes a peek behind the scenes, revealing everything you ever wanted to know about the families, personal habits, and social lives...
Seward
Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
From one of our most acclaimed new biographers– the first full life of the leader of Lincoln’s “team of rivals” to appear in more than forty years.
William Henry Seward was one of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century. Progressive governor of New York and outspoken...
First Son
George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2001
In one of the most unprecedented developments in the history of national politics, George W. Bush abruptly emerged to lead all presidential aspirants in the national polls for the 2000 election. Yet voters know very little about the man, beyond his famous name and his place in one of the nation's...
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure
The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
From Missouri to New York and back again, this recounting of an amazing journey chronicles the road trip of a former president and his wife and their amusing, failed attempts to keep a low profile. Diners, bellhops, and cabbies shouted out Hiya, Harry!” whenever they recognized the former president,...
A Treasury of Great American Scandals
Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and...
On His Own Terms
A Life of Nelson Rockefeller
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE BOSTON GLOBE, BOOKLIST, AND KIRKUS REVIEWS • From acclaimed historian Richard Norton Smith comes the definitive life of an American icon: Nelson Rockefeller—one of the most complex and compelling figures of the twentieth century.
Fourteen years...
Master of the Mountain
Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Is there anything new to say about Thomas Jefferson and slavery? The answer is a resounding yes. Master of the Mountain, Henry Wiencek's eloquent, persuasive book—based on new information coming from archaeological work at Monticello and on hitherto overlooked or disregarded evidence in Jefferson's...
The Accidental President
Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
“[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining.”—Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
“A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color.”—Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey...
by Thomas Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
In this swift, insightful book, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming brings vividly to life the remarkable youth of Thomas Jefferson, one of America's greatest presidents. Here are all of Jefferson's early triumphs and tragedies - from his inspired design and construction of Monticello...
by Richard Brookhiser
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Alexander Hamilton is one of the least understood, most important, and most impassioned and inspiring of the founding fathers. At last Hamilton has found a modern biographer who can bring him to full-blooded life; Richard Brookhiser. In these pages, Alexander Hamilton sheds his skewed image as the...
Summary and Analysis of Alexander Hamilton
Based on the Book by Ron Chernow
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Alexander Hamilton tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Ron Chernow’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
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