8 Best Presidential Biographies to Know America's Leaders

8 Best Presidential Biographies to Know America's Leaders!

8. Random House 'JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956' by Fredrik Logevall

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7. Random House 'American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant' by Ronald C. White Jr.

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6. Crown 'A Promised Land' by Barack Obama

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5. Penguin Books 'Washington: A Life' by Ron Chernow

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4. Simon & Schuster 'Lincoln' by David Herbert Donald

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3. Vintage 'Richard Nixon: The Life' by John A. Farrell

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2. Mariner Books 'The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World' by A. J. Baime

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1. Harper Perennial 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

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