Books like A Different Drummer by Michael K. Deaver

The story of George Washington, the first president of the United States, told through illustrations of his life and times.

Profiles in Courage follows eight U.S. Senators who chose integrity over popular opinion, illustrating the moral challenges of public service.

H. W. Brands establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the twentieth century, a true peer to Franklin Roosevelt. Reagan is an irresistible portrait of an underestimated politician whose pragmatic leadership and steadfast vision transformed the nation.

When every African American in a Southern state suddenly abandons their homes and heads north, a community is forced to confront the unexpected upheaval and the shadows of its own history.

Paul B. Johnson’s concise biography takes readers through George Washington’s life as a young warrior, commander‑in‑chief, Constitution maker, farmer, and president, offering a vivid portrait of the nation’s founding leader.

An in‑depth nonfiction examination of Thomas Jefferson’s complex relationships with the women in his life, from early courtships to marriage, flirtations, and the contested partnership with Sally Hemings.

"Perhaps no president has a more ambiguous reputation than LBJ. A brilliant tactician, he maneuvered colleagues and turned bills into law better than anyone. But he was trailed by a legacy of underhanded dealings, from his 'stolen' Senate election in 1948 to kickbacks he artfully concealed from deals engineered with Texas wheeler-dealer Billie Sol Estes and defense contractors like his longtime supporter Brown & Root. On the verge of investigation, Johnson was reprieved when he became president upon JFK's assassination. Among the remaining mysteries has been LBJ's relationship to Mac Wallace who, in 1951, shot a Texas man having an affair with LBJ's loose-cannon sister Josefa, also Wallace's lover. When arrested, Wallace coolly said 'I work for Johnson ... I need to get back to Washington.' Charged with murder, he was overnight defended by LBJ's powerful lawyer John Cofer, and though convicted, amazingly received a suspended sentence. He then got high-security clearance from LBJ friend and defense contractor D.H. Byrd, which the Office of Naval Intelligence tried to revoke for 11 years without success. Using crucial Life magazine and Naval Intelligence files and the unredacted FBI files on Mac Wallace, never before utilized by others, investigative writer Joan Mellen skillfully connects these two disparate Texas lives and lends stark credence to the dark side of Lyndon Johnson that has largely gone unsubstantiated"--

A political thriller that examines the final moments of a failing presidency through the lens of its closest advisor and friend, revealing the inner workings of America’s government and the pressures faced by those who serve its leaders.

Two volumes of Ulysses S. Grant’s firsthand account of his life and the military campaigns that defined his career, offering insight into his rise from a modest upbringing to the presidency of the United States.