Presidents' Day Resources
Presidents' Day is a US holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February to honor all persons who served in the office of president of the United States. In recognition of this important holiday, we’ve curated a selection of titles exploring presidential history. Pepperdine faculty members authored several of the books on this list.
A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800...
Edward J. Larson
David Herbert Donald
Peter Baker
The Reagan Presidency: Pragmatic Conservatism and Its Legacies
W. Elliot Brownlee and Hugh Davis Graham (Eds.)
The Making of the President, 1960
Theodore H. White
Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
Edward J. Larson
David G McCullough
Ron Chernow
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
James M. McPherson
George Washington, Nationalist
Edward J. Larson
The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980-1989
Steven F. Hayward
