legislators

A biography of Dr. Ron Paul, an eleven-term congressman from Texas and 2012 presidential candidate, discussing his early life in Pennsylvania, his military and medical careers, his positions as a politician, and the influence of his views on constitutional liberty on American politics.

The volatile last decades of the 19th century are captured through the career of reform Speaker of the House Thomas Reed.

Presents a comprehensive biography of Senator Robert F. Kennedy that chronicles his personal life, political career, and assassination.

Dick Cheney shares memories and experiences from throughout his life, describes his role as a family man, a policymaker, a businessman, and a politician, and discusses his childhood and upbringing, his education, his work during the Ford administration, his congressional years, and related topics.

Collects nineteen essays that provide varying perspectives on Joseph McCarthy's obsession over Communism in the United States after World War II, providing historical background on the McCarthy era, and providing primary source documents and personal stories from Joseph McCarthy, Harry S. Truman, journalists, and Americans whose lives were affected by Red Scare accusations.

Presents a narrative history of McCarthyism and the threat of Communism, describing early American fears and the impact of McCarthyism on American culture, and including biographies of Ray Cohn, Martin Dies, Alger Hiss, J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, Arthur Miller, Edward R. Murrow, and Joseph Welch, along with primary source materials, a chronology, and other resources.

A comprehensive biography of legislator and five-time presidential candidate Henry Clay, detailing his childhood, marriage, and political career.

The Camel Club, a quartet of eccentrics dedicated to finding out what's really going on in America's government, becomes embroiled in an intriguing and dangerous mystery when the assassination of the U.S. Speaker of the House is linked to the death of the director of the Library of Congress's rare book room.

Profiles the Deleware legislator who was elected to his first term in the Senate before his thirtieth birthday; survived the deaths of his first wife and daughter, brain surgery, and other setbacks; and became Barack Obama's vice president.

Profiles the civil rights leader who was active in the Freedom Rides and other major events in the battle against segregation and later became a long-term congressman from Georgia.