Title: A good read.
Product review: I felt that the author Ted Widmer, was probably a democrat in his personal beliefs; and that is fine. However, when he would do comparisons to our more current presidents, i.e., latter half of the 20th cent., and into the 21st cent., Widmer would match Van Buren's positive achievements with democrat presidents, and the not so glorious moments, more so, with the republican presidents. My opinion. Personally, I don't need that woven into a historical book about a president. I just want the history of the president at the time. He also liked to use a lot of words that most people do not know the meaning of, or probably have never even heard. I think maybe he was trying to impress? Personally, I did not have a problem with this. I actually found it educational. That is, I had my iPhone alongside my Kindle, and I would ask Siri for the definition. Of course if a person reads Widmer's book this way, it will be more time consuming. Aside from this, it was an informative book.Scarback
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