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  1. dachuda86

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    I am interested in reading some really well-written and interesting biographies about historic figures. Anyone got suggestions on titles and authors?
     
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    Start with John Adams by David McCullough. If you like it, then there are more of his books to choose from.
     
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    I was going to say anything by David McCullough. Ditto with David Halberstram. Team of Rivals by Goodwin. Blight's biography of Frederick Douglass. I also really enjoyed David Reynolds's biography of Lincoln recently. so much good stuff out there
     
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    Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre.
    British perspective of Gandhi and Indian/Pakistani independence.
     
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    Excellent choice.

    Ron Chernow also has some very good biographies.
     
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    Rofl.
     
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    his biography of Grant is excellent
     
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    All of Robert Caro's books about LBJ
     
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    Yall have already posted several I would recommend:

    Truman and Adams by McCullough
    Blood and Thunder (Kit Carson) by Hampton Sides
    Churchill by Martin Gilbert
    Theodore Roosevelt by Henry Pringle
    Undaunted Courage (Lewis and Clark) by Stephen Ambrose

    All of the Robert Caro LBJ books

    There's a ton of great books about Texas history, but they're more historical than biographical.

    Good thread, you made me find this on google: https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-biographies There's stuff on here that I didn't know I wanted to read until now.
     
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    Did Halberstam write a bio of anyone? He's awesome but I can't think of one...
     
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    Best and the Brightest comes close. The Fifties is a biography of a decade. Just a good writer generally
     
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    who knew? now I have something to read

     
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    and malcolm x

    I read them back to back once upon a time
     
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    Second Wind by Bill Russell
     
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