Audiobook18 hours
Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian
Written by Richard Aldous
Narrated by Norman Dietz
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (1917-2007), known today as the architect of John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy-and the myth of Camelot-blazed an extraordinary path from Harvard University to wartime London to the West Wing. The son of a pioneering historian-and a two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner in his own right-Schlesinger redefined the art of presidential biography. A Thousand Days, his bestselling record of the Kennedy administration, remains immensely influential and has cemented Schlesinger's place as one of the nation's greatest political image makers.
In this vivid account of Schlesinger's life and career, biographer Richard Aldous draws on oral history, rarely seen archival documents, and the official Schlesinger papers to craft an invaluable portrait of a brilliant and controversial historian who framed America's rise to global empire. Schlesinger promises to transform our understanding of one of the key figures of the twentieth-century American intellectual elite.
In this vivid account of Schlesinger's life and career, biographer Richard Aldous draws on oral history, rarely seen archival documents, and the official Schlesinger papers to craft an invaluable portrait of a brilliant and controversial historian who framed America's rise to global empire. Schlesinger promises to transform our understanding of one of the key figures of the twentieth-century American intellectual elite.
Author
Richard Aldous
Richard Aldous holds the Eugene Meyer Chair at Bard College, New York, having previously taught for fifteen years at UCD. He is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Great Irish Speeches, Reagan and Thatcher and The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs. Disraeli.
Related to Schlesinger
Related audiobooks
Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Henry Clay: The Man Who Would Be President Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5William McKinley: The Life and Legacy of the Third President to Be Assassinated Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Lady: The Life of Susan Mary Alsop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Two Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Brahmin: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the Making of the Cold War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Heritage History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR-Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live: Oswald, Kennedy and the Conspiracy that Will Not D Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCamelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nixon and Kissinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Great Upheaval Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler---the Election Amid the Storm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wilson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Biography & Memoir For You
And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If He Had Been with Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twisted Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House in the Cerulean Sea Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Divine Rivals: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Year of Magical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Blood and Ash Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Five Years: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When No One Is Watching: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Local Woman Missing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Sematary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5See You on the Way Down: Catch You on the Way Back Up! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Institute: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ripe: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ivy League Counterfeiter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Schlesinger
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
2 ratings0 reviews