With Presidents Day approaching early next month, what better time to relax, sit back and think back to a time we could talk about Washington without screaming at each other.
Ahh, those were the days.
It’s also a good time to read some American history, knowing we won’t be graded at the end of class. Here, courtesy of the Tucson Festival of Books, are some noteworthy looks at former U.S. presidents.
“You Never Forget Your First” by Alexis Coe. Most of George Washington’s biographers have been men. Most of their accounts have been dry as toast. Not this one. Coe looks at Washington’s life from a woman’s point of view, and presents him as a living, breathing person, not a mythical hero from the past. The result is one of the most refreshing, easy-to-read bios you’re likely to find about anyone. — Bill Finley
“Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders. Saunders’ breakout novel centered on the death of Willie Lincoln, the president’s 11-year-old son, in 1862. The Civil War was less than 12 months along when Willie was laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Historians seldom dwell on it, but Saunders – relying on what he learned about Lincoln – imagines how Lincoln was changed by the night Willie died. — Jody Hardy
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