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Mr. Book just finished Making The Presidency: John Adams And The Precedents That Forged The Republic, by Lindsay M. Chervinsky.

The book provided thorough coverage of all of the aspects of the Adams presidency. Among those key areas were Adams’ battles with his own cabinet (which he inherited from Washington and chose not to change when he took office), his foreign policy, domestic problems such as the Fries’s Rebellion, the Alien and Sedition Acts, his battles with numerous political opponents, averting war with France at the end of his term and the 1800 election.

If I had to choose a favorite part of the book it would be the 1800 election, but otherwise, no particular part stood out above the rest. The author was consistent throughout the book in her equal handed treatment of the events and personalities involved and the book was very detailed.

I give this book an A. Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an A equates to 5 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

I had previously read this author’s The Cabinet: George Washington And The Creation Of An Institution in November 2020 and gave it a B+.

This review has been posted at Goodreads and my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews

Mr. Book originally finished reading this on July 14, 2024.