CARL ROLLYSON
Mr. Rollyson is the author of The Life of William Faulkner and The Last Days of…
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Donald Trump and the Hazards of Polemical Biography
A very different kind of biography is required, one that would devise a more catholic conception of the circumstances in which Trump has triumphed and of the world in which he has had to function.
Theodore Roosevelt, the Pluralistic President
How was it that TR, a man of privilege and a close friend of Henry Cabot Lodge, an antisemite whom TR does not seem to have called out for his prejudice, did so much for Jews?
How Lincoln Restored Himself to Greatness
Saladin Ambar contends that Lincoln early on understood that the obsession with race was a key way of understanding the undermining of American institutions.
George Washington’s Ride to the Right Side of History
The author’s coupling of the terms honor and fame imply that the two concepts that drove Washington into the public arena are what ought to distinguish our greatest president.
George Washington: The First Businessman President
Washington believed wholeheartedly in a republic as the best form of government, but the subtext of that belief, it seems to me, is that a strong central government would be good for business.
George Washington’s Mother: Shrew or Saint?
Kate Haulman provides a fascinating account of how 19th century biographers came to enshrine Mary Ball Washington, and of the development of biography itself.
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