Friday, December 15, 2000
Star-Spangled Men
by Nathan Miller
Just after Christmas I was browsing at Half Price Books in an attempt to spend a gift certificate. (I succeeded.) This was a book that caught my eye, but not my wallet, so I borrowed a copy from the library. In Star-Spangled Men, Nathan Miller writes about the ten worst presidents of the United States, based on his own reading of American history and a career in political journalism. As he says up front, the selection is purely subjective. The book is fairly light reading. Miller has a great storytelling style and uses it to tell the tales of these ten men and where he thinks they went wrong. Despite the book's premise, he never gets overly negative with his subjects, recognizing that even the worst Chief Executive is only human. While this book is not something I would want to refer to time and again, I would definitely recommend that you check it out.
LibraryThing link
Just after Christmas I was browsing at Half Price Books in an attempt to spend a gift certificate. (I succeeded.) This was a book that caught my eye, but not my wallet, so I borrowed a copy from the library. In Star-Spangled Men, Nathan Miller writes about the ten worst presidents of the United States, based on his own reading of American history and a career in political journalism. As he says up front, the selection is purely subjective. The book is fairly light reading. Miller has a great storytelling style and uses it to tell the tales of these ten men and where he thinks they went wrong. Despite the book's premise, he never gets overly negative with his subjects, recognizing that even the worst Chief Executive is only human. While this book is not something I would want to refer to time and again, I would definitely recommend that you check it out.
LibraryThing link
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