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There are three books out of note:
James Madison by Lynne Cheney (wife of the former VP). Ms. Cheney has been studying Madison since 1987 and the reviewer, Gordon Wood, the Dean of late 18th to early 19th Century historians, considers this one of the best books written about Madison in the last 40 years. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/books/review/james-madison-by-lynne-cheney.html?ref=books&_r=0
John Quincy Adams: American Visionary by Fred Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan wrote a well regarded book about Lincoln a few years ago and this is one of the few full length books to have written about Adams, who enjoyed a distinguished career. Even his opponents in the slave debate lamented his passing in 1848. The only criticism of the book is that the author has less than an even handed approach towards Jackson. I will be picking this up on Tuesday. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/books/review/john-quincy-adams-by-fred-kaplan.html?ref=books
Louisa Catherine: The Other Mrs. Adams by Margery Heffron. This has been been posthumously published by Yale University Press and only goes to 1825, where it unexpectedly ends. Perhaps Ms. Heffron planned a second volume. The reviewer laments that we will never get the second volume. Mrs. Adams, after her husband went to Washington but before he became President was a fine observer of the political scene and this is recounted here in Ms. Heffron's biography. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/books/review/louisa-catherine-by-margery-m-heffron.html?ref=books
James Madison by Lynne Cheney (wife of the former VP). Ms. Cheney has been studying Madison since 1987 and the reviewer, Gordon Wood, the Dean of late 18th to early 19th Century historians, considers this one of the best books written about Madison in the last 40 years. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/books/review/james-madison-by-lynne-cheney.html?ref=books&_r=0
John Quincy Adams: American Visionary by Fred Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan wrote a well regarded book about Lincoln a few years ago and this is one of the few full length books to have written about Adams, who enjoyed a distinguished career. Even his opponents in the slave debate lamented his passing in 1848. The only criticism of the book is that the author has less than an even handed approach towards Jackson. I will be picking this up on Tuesday. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/books/review/john-quincy-adams-by-fred-kaplan.html?ref=books
Louisa Catherine: The Other Mrs. Adams by Margery Heffron. This has been been posthumously published by Yale University Press and only goes to 1825, where it unexpectedly ends. Perhaps Ms. Heffron planned a second volume. The reviewer laments that we will never get the second volume. Mrs. Adams, after her husband went to Washington but before he became President was a fine observer of the political scene and this is recounted here in Ms. Heffron's biography. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/books/review/louisa-catherine-by-margery-m-heffron.html?ref=books
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