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U.S. Presidents

Any book tagged with this topic focuses on the history and lives of the Presidents of the United States. The President is the executive leader of the federal government and the Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces, though power is checked by the judicial and legislative branches of government. The first President, General George Washington, was elected at the close of the American Revolution when the United States of America was officially recognized as a free nation, independent from Britain. Notable presidents include Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, among others.

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Colonel Roosevelt - by Edmund Morris
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - by Edmund Morris
Theodore Rex - by Edmund Morris
Washington: A Life - by Ron Chernow