Books by Chris DeRose and Complete Book Reviews
Chris Derose. Lyons, $28.95 (392p) ISBN 978-0-7627-9664-9
At the time of Abraham Lincoln's election to president, five former presidents were still alive—an unprecedented and never-again achieved number. Derose (Congressman Lincoln) provides a fresh look at the politics of the Civil War by focusing on the...
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Chris DeRose. Regnery History, $29.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-62157-805-5
DeRose (The Presidents’ War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them) provides a comprehensive look at a sensational but forgotten cause célèbre—the fatal 1859 shooting of United States Attorney Philip Barton Key in Washington, D.
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Chris DeRose. St. Martin’s, $28.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-26619-4
In this dramatic account, historian DeRose (Star Spangled Scandal) details how corrupt officials who had seized and held power in McMinn County, Tenn., from 1936 until 1946 were overthrown by a group of WWII veterans. Drawing on press accounts,...
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Chris DeRose. Regnery, $27.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-59698-192-8
Two future presidents battle—albeit mildly—over the new Constitution in this illuminating historical study, though its premise is somewhat trumped-up. Lawyer and political consultant DeRose revisits the post-Revolutionary controversy over replacing...
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