Lindsay M. Chervinsky is Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library. She is the author of award-winning The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution and the co-editor of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture. Dr. Chervinsky was a historian at the White House Historical Association. She regularly writes for public audiences in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, USA Today, CNN.com, Washington Monthly, and the Washington Post and is frequent presidential commentator on national TV and radio. Chervinsky lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
Chervinsky produces a worthy and intriguing look at how the decisions that Adams made established presidential and political norms that provided a guide for his successors in the White House-and have endured in modern times. A significant contribution to the history of the American presidency. * Kirkus Reviews *