Having gotten Obama's memior for Xmas, I was struck at how quickly it grabs you.

Which got me thinking about how well does the intro stand up to past presidential autobiographies and memoirs...
...There have been 16 presidential autobiographies and memoirs, covering that time in office (I'm not counting Grant's, which, while celebrated, is a war memoir from a general).

Here's how they begin...
Jefferson
Van Buren
Buchanan
Teddy Roosevelt
Coolidge
Hoover
Truman
Eisenhower
LBJ
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Clinton
George W. Bush
Obama
While I have your attention, the Truman memoir comes up in the debut episode of my new history podcast “When America Worked.” Please listen, review and subscribe! https://www.scherable.com/whenamericaworked
When America Worked" Podcast — BILL SCHER

https://www.scherable.com/whenamericaworked
PS, either I miscounted and should have said “17,” or I shouldn’t have included Jefferson since his book doesn’t cover his presidential years.
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