American Presidents — Paul Golob

The American Presidents Series

The American Presidents Series is a series of short biographies of the presidents of the United States, written by eminent historians, journalists, and public figures.

The Pulitzer Prize –winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. established the series and served as general editor until his death in 2007; he was succeeded by Sean Wilentz of Princeton University.

In his capacity as editorial director of Times Books and executive editor of Henry Holt and Company, Paul Golob was the publisher of the series and personally edited the majority of the volumes, including the books listed below.

George Washington by James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn

James Monroe by Gary Hart

William Henry Harrison by Gail Collins

Zachary Taylor by John S. D. Eisenhower

Abraham Lincoln by George McGovern

Andrew Johnson by Annette Gordon-Reed

Ulysses S. Grant by Josiah Bunting III

Chester Alan Arthur by Zachary Karabell

William Howard Taft by Jeffrey Rosen

Calvin Coolidge by David Greenberg

Harry S. Truman by Robert Dallek

John F. Kennedy by Alan Brinkley