Chronicles the life and presidency of Woodrow Wilson, describing his childhood in Georgia during the Civil War, his years as a lawyer and a professor, America's involvement in World War I, and his work to create the League of Nations.
A biography of John Quincy Adams, the only former president to serve in the United States House of Representatives, whose antislavery position led him to argue the Amistad case before the Supreme Court.
A biography of Harry Truman, thirty-third President of the United States, who dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II and dealt with other problems left by the death of Franklin Roosevelt.