BIOGRAPHIES

ADAMS, JOHN

John Adams by David McCullough (Audiobook, Kindle)

The Adams-Jefferson Letters edited by Lester J. Cappon (Kindle)

John Adams: A Biography in His Own Words by John Adams

John Adams: Revolutionary Writings, 1755–1775 edited by Gordon S. Wood

BARR, WILLIAM P.

One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General by William P. Barr (Audiobook, Kindle)

BURKE, EDMUND

Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered by Russell Kirk (Audiobook, Kindle)

Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke (Audiobook, Kindle)

Burke by John Morley (Kindle)

CARNEGIE, ANDREW
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay the Gospel of Wealth, Signet/Reissue edition, by Andrew Carnegie (Audiobook, Kindle)
Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw (Audiobook, Kindle)
Andrew Carnegie: An Economic Biography by Samuel Bostaph (Kindle)
Carnegie by Peter Krass (Kindle)
Andrew Carnegie by Joseph Frazier Wall

CARSON, BEN

Gifted Hands by Ben Carson, M.D. (Audiobook, Kindle)

CHURCHILL, WINSTON

“The Big Three of the Twentieth Century: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin”: David M. Kennedy, Stephen Kotkin and Andrew Roberts, interviewed on Uncommon Knowledge by Peter Robinson (Web Series)

Winston Churchill and Statesmanship (Hillsdale College online course, DVD) 

Churchill by Paul Johnson (Audiobook, Kindle)

Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts (Audiobook, Kindle)

Churchill Speaks 1897–1963: Collected Speeches in Peace & War edited by Robert Rhodes James, M.P.

COOLIDGE, CALVIN

The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge by Calvin Coolidge (Audiobook, Kindle)

“Calvin Coolidge: The Best President You Don’t Know,” by Amity Shlaes at PragerU 5-Minute Videos

Coolidge by Amity Shlaes (Audiobook, Kindle)

Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America’s Most Underrated President by Charles C. Johnson (Kindle)

DARWIN, CHARLES

The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (Audiobook, Kindle)

Charles Darwin by Peter Brent

The Origin of Species and the Descent of Man by Charles Darwin

DOUGLASS, FREDERICK

Frederick Douglass: From Slave to Statesman by The People Profiles (video)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass (Audiobook, Kindle)

The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America’s Soul by Brian Kilmeade (Audiobook, Kindle)

Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass edited by James Daley (Audiobook, Kindle)

EASTMAN, GEORGE                                                              

“George Eastman,” They Made America by Harold Evans (Audiobook, Kindle)

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA                                                     

“Thomas Alva Edison,” They Made America by Harold Evans (Audiobook, Kindle)

“Edison Began Experiments as Boy and Won Fame Early; Long Career Boon to World,” New York Times, October 18, 1931, available via the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database
EINSTEIN, ALBERT
“Father of Relativity and Outstanding Pacifist Inspired U.S. to Make Atomic Bomb,” New York Times, April 19, 1955, available via the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (Audiobook, Kindle)

Einstein: The Man and His Mind by Gary S. Berger, MD, and Michael DiRuggiero
ELLINGTON, DUKE
“Duke Ellington, a Master of Music, Dies at 75,” New York Times, May 25, 1974, pp. A1 ff, available via the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database

FORD, HENRY                                                                          

“Henry Ford,” They Made America by Harold Evans (Audiobook, Kindle)

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings edited by J. A. Leo Lemay

FRAZIER, E. FRANKLIN

On Race Relations by E. Franklin Frazier, edited by G. Franklin Edwards

E. Franklin Frazier and Black Bourgeoisie edited by James E. Teele

FRIEDMAN, MILTON

“Milton Friedman on Donahue #2,” Milton Friedman interviewed by Phil Donahue, on The Phil Donahue Show

Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman (Audiobook, Kindle)

“Milton Friedman Speaks: Myths That Conceal Reality,” (lecture series) from the Free to Choose Network

“Milton Friedman Speaks: Is Capitalism Humane?” (lecture series) from the Free to Choose Network

“Milton Friedman Speaks: The Role of Government in a Free Society,” (lecture series) from the Free to Choose Network   

​Book Review by Thomas Sowell 

Two Lucky People by Milton and Rose D. Friedman

GATES, BILL
Bill Gates: A Biography by Michael B. Becraft (Kindle)
Bill Gates Speaks: Insight from the World’s Greatest Entrepreneur by Janet Lowe (Kindle)
Gates: How Microsoft’s Mogul Reinvented an Industry—and Made Himself the Richest Man in America by Stephen Manes (Kindle)
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson

GIANNINI, A.P.                                                                        

“Amadeo Peter Giannini,” They Made America by Harold Evans (Audiobook, Kindle)

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (Audiobook, Kindle)

“Introduction,” and Essays number 6, 7, 8, 9, by Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay (Audiobook, Kindle)

Alexander Hamilton: Writings edited by Joanne B. Freeman

HITLER, ADOLF

“Adolf Hitler: Man of the Left,” Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg (Audiobook)

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer (Audiobook, Kindle)

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL

Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas by Stephen Budiansky (Audiobook, Kindle)

Representative Opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes edited by Alfred Lief

Holmes-Laski Letters edited by Mark DeWolfe Howe

Holmes-Pollock Letters edited by Mark DeWolfe Howe

HOOK, SIDNEY

Out of Step by Sidney Hook

JEFFERSON, THOMAS

The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden

The Wolf by the Ears: Thomas Jefferson and Slavery by John Chester Miller

The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805 by Richard Zacks (Audiobook, Kindle)

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger (Audiobook, Kindle)

The Adams-Jefferson Letters edited by Lester J. Cappon (Kindle)

The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1776–1826 edited by James Morton Smith

Thomas Jefferson: Writings edited by Merril D. Peterson

JOBS, STEVE                                                                             

“How Steve Jobs Paved the Way for Bill Gates,” They Made America by Harold Evans (Audiobook, Kindle)

LA GUARDIA, FIORELLO

“When the Mayor Was a Giant,” Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2024, p. A15, by Edward Kosner, available via the ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) database

I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America’s Mayor, and Why He Still Matters by Terry Golway (Audiobook, Kindle)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America’s Soul by Brian Kilmeade (Audiobook, Kindle)

Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame (Audiobook, Kindle)

Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings edited by Roy P. Basler (Kindle)

Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings, 1859–1865 edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher (Kindle)

MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS

American Ceasar by William Manchester (Audiobook, Kindle)

MARX, KARL

“Marx the Man,” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell

(Audiobook, Kindle)

Marxism: Philosophy and Economics by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook)

Karl Marx: His Life and Thought by David McLellan

MILL, JOHN STUART

“The Enigma of John Stuart Mill,” On Classical Economics, pp. 129–154, by Thomas Sowell

The Life of John Stuart Mill by Michael St. John Packe

MORGAN, J. PIERPONT
“The Age of Morgan,” The Tycoons by Charles R. Morris (Audiobook, Kindle)
Morgan: American Financier by Jean Strouse (Audiobook, Kindle)

MURRAY, CHARLES

“The Full Charles Murray: Race and IQ, Government Welfare, and Crime”: Charles Murray, interviewed on Stossel TV by John Stossel (Web Series) 

Losing Ground by Charles Murray (Audiobook, Kindle)

Coming Apart by Charles Murray (Audiobook, Kindle)

The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray (Audio Cassette, eTextbook)

Human Accomplishment by Charles Murray (Kindle)

MURRAY, DOUGLAS

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray (Audiobook, Kindle)

The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray (Audiobook, Kindle)

The War on the West by Douglas Murray (Audiobook, Kindle)

MUSSOLINI, BENITO

“Mussolini: The Father of Fascism,” Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg

 (Audiobook)

OBAMA, BARACK

“The Obama Tragedy,” City Journal, Autumn 2016, by Myron Magnet
2016: Obama’s America by Dinesh D’Souza (DVD movie)

Obama’s America: Unmaking the American Dream by Dinesh D’Souza (Audiobook, Kindle)

REAGAN, RONALD

“Ronald Reagan (1911–2004),” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)

The Age of Reagan by Steven F. Hayward (Kindle)

Reagan In His Own Hand by Ronald Reagan, edited by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson and Martin Anderson (Kindle)

ROCKEFELLER, JOHN D.
“John D. Rockefeller and the Oil Industry,” The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America, eighth edition, by Burton W. Folsom, Jr. (Kindle)

“Rockefeller: The Richest American Who Ever Lived,” by Burton Folsom at PragerU 5-Minute Videos
John D. Rockefeller by Bernard A. Weisberger (Kindle)
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow (Audiobook, Kindle)
“Predatory Price Cutting: The Standard Oil (N.J.) Case,” Journal of Law & Economics, Volume 1 (October 1958), pp. 137–169, by John S. McGee, available via the JSTOR database

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.

“The Big Three of the Twentieth Century: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin”: David M. Kennedy, Stephen Kotkin and Andrew Roberts, interviewed on Uncommon Knowledge by Peter Robinson (Web Series)

New Deal Or Raw Deal? How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America by Burton Folsom, Jr. (Audiobook, Kindle)

“The New Deal Ideal,” The Housing Boom and Bust, revised edition, pp. 164–179, by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)

FDR’s Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression by Jim Powell (Audiobook, Kindle)

ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES

“Jean-Jacques Rousseau: ‘An Interesting Madman,’” Intellectuals by Paul Johnson (Kindle)

SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL

“Jean-Paul Sartre: ‘A Little Ball of Fur and Ink,’” Intellectuals by Paul Johnson (Kindle)

SMITH, ADAM

Adam Smith: Father of Economics by Jesse Norman (Audiobook, Kindle)

“Adam Smith in Theory and Practice,” by Thomas Sowell, Adam Smith and Modern Political Economy, pp. 3–18, edited by G.P. O’Driscoll

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STALIN, JOSEPH

“Joseph Stalin: Waiting for Hitler”: Stephen Kotkin, interviewed on Uncommon Knowledge by Peter Robinson (Web Series)

“The Big Three of the Twentieth Century: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin”: David M. Kennedy, Stephen Kotkin and Andrew Roberts, interviewed on Uncommon Knowledge by Peter Robinson (Web Series)

“Stalin at War,” by Stephen Kotkin, at the Institute for Advanced Study (lecture)

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928 by Stephen Kotkin (Audiobook, Kindle)

Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929–1941 by Stephen Kotkin (Audiobook, Kindle)

STIGLER, GEORGE J.

“A Student’s-Eye View of George Stigler,” Journal of Political Economy, October 1993, pp. 784–792, by Thomas Sowell, available via the JSTOR database

THATCHER, MARGARET

The Path To Power by Margaret Thatcher (Kindle)

The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher (Kindle)

THOMAS, CLARENCE

My Grandfather’s Son by Clarence Thomas (Audiobook, Kindle)

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words by Michael Pack (DVD movie)

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words by Michael Pack and Mark Paoletta (Audiobook, Kindle)

The Supreme Court Opinions of Clarence Thomas, 1991–2006 by Henry Mark Holzer (Kindle)

VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS
Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by Edward Renehan (Audiobook, Kindle)

“Commodore Vanderbilt and the Steamship Industry,” The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America, eighth edition,  by Burton W. Folsom, Jr. (Kindle)

WASHINGTON, BOOKER T.

“Booker T. Washington After One Hundred Years,” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)

Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington (Audiobook, Kindle)

“Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, and Africa,” The United States and Africa: A History, pp. 268–278, by Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann

Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality by Brian Kilmeade (Audiobook, Kindle)

WASHINGTON, GEORGE

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (Audiobook, Kindle)

To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney (Audiobook, Kindle)

WILLIAMS, WALTER E.

Race and Economics by Walter E. Williams (eTextbook)

South Africa’s War Against Capitalism by Walter E. Williams

All It Takes Is Guts by Walter E. Williams (Audiobook)

“Roasting Walter Williams,” Ever Wonder Why? pp. 407–409, by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, eTextbook)

Up from the Projects by Walter E. Williams (Kindle)

WILSON, WOODROW

“Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of Liberal Fascism,” Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg (Audiobook)

To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order by
Thomas J. Knock (Kindle)
Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era: 1910–1917 by Arthur S. Link
Jim Crow and the Wilson Administration by Nicholas Patler

WRIGHT BROTHERS

“Wilbur and Orville Wright,” They Made America by Harold Evans (Audiobook, Kindle)