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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
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Of the sixteen presidents whose biographies I’ve read so far, none have offered the variety of choices of Abraham Lincoln. Of the dozen Lincoln biographies I read, two were Pulitzer Prize winners, one is the second best-read presidential biography of all time, and six held the distinction of being the definitive Lincoln biography at one time or another.
No president before Lincoln required as much of my time, either – it took me over 3½ months to read all twelve biographies. Together, they contained nearly 9,500 pages – almost twice as many as the president with the second-tallest stack of biographies in my collection (Thomas Jefferson with about 5,000 pages).
Given this enormous time commitment, it’s fortunate Lincoln was both a fascinating individual and a masterful politician. His life story is as interesting as anyone’s (president or otherwise), and he proved far more impressive
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- New Jersey native Stephen W. Kearny was born in 1794, joined the army during the War of 1812, and served in a variety of frontier duties in the decades after that war.
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- The next year, in , three men pressed the case for the restoration of New Mexico's statehood and its admission to the American Union: Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, and Kearny's rival, John Charles Frémont.
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- New Jersey native Stephen W. Kearny was born in , joined the army during the War of , and served in a variety of frontier duties in the decades after that war.
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| steven kearney narrator | Stephen Watts Kearny was a U.S. Army officer who conquered New Mexico and helped win California during the Mexican War (1846–48). |
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- Stephen Watts Kearny was a U.S. Army officer who conquered New Mexico and helped win California during the Mexican War (–48).