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Historical Sources for the "Electables" Podcast

I'm a Writer Of Wrongs for DB Comedy's "Electables" podcast, a show about US Presidents which combines sketch comedy and serious historical analysis. (Find us on your favorite pod catcher!) Hence, this list is rather eclectic. If you're surprised to find a biography of the Three Stooges in a compilation of books about America's executive chiefs, all I can say is . . . "why?"
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1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs -- The Election That Changed the Country (James Chace)
1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs -- The Election That Changed the Country
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James Chace
American Heiress (Jeffrey Toobin)
American Heiress
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Jeffrey Toobin
American Legends: The Three Stooges (Charles River Editors)
American Legends: The Three Stooges
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Charles River Editors
America's Great Debate (Fergus M. Bordewich)
America's Great Debate
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Fergus M. Bordewich
Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist as Revolutionary (Martin Duberman)
Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist as Revolutionary
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Martin Duberman
The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States: 1826-1843 (William Preston Vaughn)
The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States: 1826-1843
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William Preston Vaughn
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (Eleanor Roosevelt)
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Bag Man (Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz)
Bag Man
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Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz
Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (Thomas J. Balcerski)
Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King
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Thomas J. Balcerski
A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike (Francis Russell)
A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike
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Francis Russell
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned (John A. Farrell)
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned
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John A. Farrell
The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses S. Grant)
The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
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Ulysses S. Grant
A Consumer's Republic (Lizabeth Cohen)
A Consumer's Republic
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Lizabeth Cohen
Crisis in the Red Zone (Richard Preston)
Crisis in the Red Zone
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Richard Preston
Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA and the Mob (Dan E. Moldea)
Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA and the Mob
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Dan E. Moldea
Dewey Defeats Truman (A.J. Baime)
Dewey Defeats Truman
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A.J. Baime
Eisenhower: Soldier and President (Stephen Ambrose)
Eisenhower: Soldier and President
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Stephen Ambrose
The End of Reform (Alan Brinkley)
The End of Reform
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Alan Brinkley
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics (Kim Phillips-Fein)
Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
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Kim Phillips-Fein
Gracie: A Love Story (George Burns)
Gracie: A Love Story
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George Burns
Harpo Speaks (Harpo Marx)
Harpo Speaks
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Harpo Marx
Harry S. Truman Versus the Medical Lobby (Monte Poen)
Harry S. Truman Versus the Medical Lobby
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Monte Poen
His Very Best (Jonathan Alter)
His Very Best
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Jonathan Alter
Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Marc Peyser)
Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Marc Peyser
How Ike Led (Susan Eisenhower)
How Ike Led
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Susan Eisenhower
I Hope (Raisa Gorbachev)
I Hope
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Raisa Gorbachev
Ike and McCarthy (David A. Nichols)
Ike and McCarthy
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David A. Nichols
The Impeachers the Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation (Brenda Wineapple)
The Impeachers the Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
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Brenda Wineapple
Imperfect Union (Steve Inskeep)
Imperfect Union
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Steve Inskeep
The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace (David B. Woolner)
The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace
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David B. Woolner
Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House (Elizabeth Mitchell)
Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House
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Elizabeth Mitchell
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Liaquat Ahamed)
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
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Liaquat Ahamed
Malta: Mediterranean Recipes From the Islands (Simon Bajada)
Malta: Mediterranean Recipes From the Islands
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Simon Bajada
Mutual Contempt (Jeff Shesol)
Mutual Contempt
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Jeff Shesol
My Life (Bill Clinton)
My Life
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Bill Clinton
Nancy Reagan (Kitty Kelley)
Nancy Reagan
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Kitty Kelley
A Nation of Immigrants (John F Kennedy)
A Nation of Immigrants
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John F Kennedy
One Summer: America, 1927 (Bill Bryson)
One Summer: America, 1927
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Bill Bryson
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
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Robert A. Caro
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