New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Richard Carwardine, “Lincoln’s Sense of Humor” (Southern Illinois UP, 2017)

   Published: 1/10/2018
2. Crawford Gribben, “John Owen and English Puritanism: Experiences of Defeat” (Oxford UP, 2017)

   Published: 1/5/2018
3. Vanya E. Bellinger, “Marie von Clausewitz: The Woman Behind the Making of On War” (Oxford UP, 2016)

   Published: 1/3/2018
4. Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, “Jonas Salk: A Life” (Oxford UP, 2015)

   Published: 12/29/2017
5. Scott Kaufman, “Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford” (University Press of Kansas, 2017)

   Published: 12/22/2017
6. Brett L. Abrams, “Terry Bradshaw: From Super Bowl Champion to Television Personality” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017)

   Published: 12/15/2017
7. Bob Batchelor, “Stan Lee: The Man Behind Marvel” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017)

   Published: 12/12/2017
8. Joshua Rubenstein, “The Last Days of Stalin” (Yale UP, 2016)

   Published: 12/11/2017
9. Paul Magid, “The Gray Fox: George Crook and the Indian Wars” (U. Oklahoma Press, 2015)

   Published: 12/7/2017
10. Nikki M. Taylor, “Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio” (Ohio U. Press, 2016)

    Published: 12/5/2017
11. Stephen F. Williams, “The Reformer: How One Liberal Fought to Preempt the Russian Revolution” (Encounter Books, 2017)

    Published: 11/30/2017
12. Laura E. Smith, “Horace Poolaw: Photographer of American Indian Modernity” (U. Nebraska Press, 2016)

    Published: 11/28/2017
13. Vanda Krefft, “The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox” (Harper, 2017)

    Published: 11/27/2017
14. Joseph Lelyveld, “His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt” (Vintage Books, 2016)

    Published: 11/12/2017
15. Drew Lopenzina, “Through an Indian’s Looking-Glass: A Cultural Biography of William Apess, Pequot” (U. Mass Press, 2017)

    Published: 11/10/2017
16. Anthony Chaney, “Runaway: Gregory Bateson, the Double Bind, and the Rise of Ecological Consciousness” (UNC Press, 2017)

    Published: 11/1/2017
17. Adi Gordon, “Toward Nationalism’s End: An Intellectual Biography of Hans Kohn” (Brandeis UP, 2017)

    Published: 10/31/2017
18. Marie Alohalani Brown, “Facing the Spears of Change: The Life and Legacy of John Papa Ii” (U. Hawaii Press, 2016)

    Published: 10/27/2017
19. William J. Cooper, “The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics” (Liveright, 2017)

    Published: 10/24/2017
20. Laura Lee, “Oscar’s Ghost: The Battle for Oscar Wilde’s Legacy” (Amberley, 2017)

    Published: 10/24/2017