Category Archives: Recommended Reading

A blog about Presidential & Related Books you might enjoy.

Lincoln’s General’s Wives: A Book Review

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The American Civil War created powerful generals with powerful and sometimes peculiar personalities. In a remarkably intelligent and readable quadography, author Candice Shy Hooper has brought to life four interesting(ish) women who were thrust into a spotlight(ish) because of the … Continue reading →

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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: A Book Review

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates has been sitting on the Best Seller list for several weeks now, and hooray! It does exactly what it wants to accomplish: interest the reader in an informative-but-not-didactic manner, and prove the point that … Continue reading →

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ULYSSES UNDERGROUND: A Book Review

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

If anyone wants to know anything – even the most minute detail about the abolitionist movement and/or the Underground Railroad, particularly as it applies to Southern Ohio & Indiana, let them look no further than G.L. Corum, who knows practically … Continue reading →

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Under This Roof: The White House and the Presidency: A Book Review

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Everyone knows the White House. Everyone should know the Presidents. And the rooms themselves are a national treasure! Paul Brandus is a long time Washingtonian  POTUS expert, and happily for all, a fellow who understands his audience. He does not … Continue reading →

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The President and the Apprentice: A Book Review

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The President and the Apprentice by Irvin F. Gellman is a massive and masterful book. It runs nearly 600 pages, not counting another 200 small print notes and citations. A remarkable effort. One could write pages of comments of course … Continue reading →

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Lincoln’s Secret Spy: A Book Review

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Authors Jane Singer and John Stewart are very quirky writers. Not a bad thing by the way. Quirk works. And they chose a very quirky subject for their anti-hero look at “the great con” of the Civil War. Had Lincoln … Continue reading →

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Passionate Crusaders: A Book Review

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

All Presidents, no matter how great, wise or popular, will have some black marks on the escutcheon. Sometimes the exigencies of politics lead to decisions that later generations will decry. Such a decision, and such a political exigency is the … Continue reading →

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: On the Couch

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

A book review. Dr. Alma Bond has done it again, penning another psychological (sort of) look at a prominent woman. This time, it is Hillary Clinton, a living person, and as such, treated with kid gloves. The Device Dr. Bond … Continue reading →

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Lincoln and the Jews: A Book Review

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The Book. Lincoln and the Jews, by Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell, is an important book on many levels. First, it is a beautiful book, and very very classy. The illustrations, while not rivaling Michelangelo, are copies of historical … Continue reading →

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Destiny of the Republic: A Book Review

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Its subtitle, “A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President” says it all. The Assassination of James A. Garfield Shooting a President, his lingering death, unbelievably incompetent doctors and a deranged assassin makes for a fine and … Continue reading →

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