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