BOB RIEL

“Every presidential campaign is a story. This book tells each of the fifty-nine stories with superb narrative skill.” - Bill Schneider, former CNN senior political analyst and professor emeritus at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University

“Surveys the whole panorama of American history through the lens of its presidential campaigns.” - Tom Zoellner, author of Island on Fire, winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction

“You don’t need to be a presidential historian to get drawn into this well-crafted yarn of uniquely American stories.” - Tom Costello, Washington correspondent for NBC News