Good books, like good friends, make life worth living. These are some of my favorite reads I’ve come across in researching for the podcast. I’m an Amazon Affiliate, so when you purchase from here it helps support the show. Many thanks and enjoy the Library.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
David McCullough
Ronald C. White
Walter Stahr
James M. McPherson
James M. McPherson
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Jay Winik
Abraham Lincoln
Michael S. Green
Joshua Wolf Shenk
Michael Burlingame
Joseph A. Fry
Christian G. Samito
Sir Winston Churchill
Michael Pakaluk (Editor)
Daniel Kahneman
Michael Lewis
Richard H. Thaler
Will & Ariel Durant
Gordon S. Wood
Barbara W. Tuchman
Andrew Roberts
Jon Meacham
Andrew Roberts
H.W. Brands
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Richard Overy
Bromances of History tells the stories of genuine friends who changed the world. Through the lives of statesmen, scientists, military leaders, and titans of business we examine that vital element of the good life: friendship.
Read MoreOne was expected to be President and the other became so. Rivals in the 1860 Republican Convention, these two men would forge a true friendship that sustained them both through the darkest hour of the American Republic. William H. Seward was experienced, educated, and well connected. A former Governor turned Senator of New York he made a stark contrast to the former one term Congressman and prairie lawyer from Illinois.
Read MoreAs southern states seceded and the storm of the Civil War loomed over the country Seward was named Secretary of State. Though adversaries at first their story illustrates Lincoln’s word’s “Do I not destroy my enemy when I make him my friend?”
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