Tucson Festival of Books

Presidential Legacies, Past to Present


In this session, presidential historians Jonathan Alter, Jeffrey Toobin and Craig Unger will weigh how the recent headlines surrounding Presidents Biden and Trump compare to situations that confronted previous Presidents ... and how these things will eventually affect their legacies.


Panelists
Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter is a columnist, historian and documentary filmmaker. He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers about American presidents and covered the Trump felony trial for NYTimes Opinion, The Washington Monthly, and Old Goats, his Substack newsletter....

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Jeffrey Toobin

Jeffrey Toobin, the longtime CNN legal commentator, is the author of 10 books, including "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court," "The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson," "Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism," and "Too Close to Call....

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Craig Unger

Craig Unger is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including "House of Trump, House of Putin" and "House of Bush, House of Saud". The former editor in chief of Boston Magazine, he has written for New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Esquire, among many other publications....

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Books:
American Reckoning
Inside Trump’s Trial—and My Own
Jonathan Alter
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
BenBella Books
October 2024
ISBN 9781637746660
256 pages
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The Pardon
The Politics of Presidential Mercy
Jeffrey Toobin
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Simon and Schuster
February 2025
ISBN 9781668084946
304 pages
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Den of Spies
The Untold Story of Reagan, Carter and the Treason That Stole the White House
Craig Unger

HarperCollins Publishers
October 2024
ISBN 9780008730215
304 pages
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