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American Presidents Eminent Lives Boxed Set: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant

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This interesting audiobook combines three different biographies from the Eminent Lives series. The biography of George Washington by Paul Johnson is excellent, as is the biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Michael Korda. The fly in the ointment is the biography of Thomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens, which I found to be rather unfocused and very uninteresting.

But, that said, this is a very good purchase. There are times that you want a huge, in-depth biography of someone, with the depth of understanding such a biography gives you. But, there are times when you want a biography that is short and to the point, and this audiobook is for those times. I really enjoyed this audiobook, and think that it is a great resource - in spite of the weaknesses in the Jefferson biography. I give it my highest recommendations!

Thomas Jefferson:

I admit that I find him fascinating, wise, insightful, etc but at the end of it all I don't think we would have been good friends. Of all the founding fathers I have studied/read about I like him the very least. Does that make me a bad person?

U.S. Grant:

I finished this part of the book on Saturday. I love Ulysses Grant! My only complaint is that this section of the book wasn't any longer. The history of this man was well told. The author didn't hold back from telling it how it is in the best facts available.

George Washington:

See my review of the book His Excellency: George Washington.