Memoir on Jonathan McKayhttps://jonathanmckay.com/tags/memoir/Recent content in Memoir on Jonathan McKayHugoen-usThu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000Warren G. Harding (The American Presidents, #29)https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/warren-g.-harding-the-american-presidents-%2329/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/warren-g.-harding-the-american-presidents-%2329/Press president, buried by press This biography makes you root for Harding as a person more than most presidents. The author’s core project—rehabilitatingOpenhttps://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/open/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/open/Topspin and Emotional Spin Even for tennis prodigies, the odds of making it are astronomically low—maybe one in ten thousand. Both Agassi and Sampras beatTrumanhttps://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/truman/Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/truman/This isn't Robert Caro, but it's still pretty good. Truman is probably the most relatable president I've read about. And as we enter into the twilight ofMeans of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/means-of-ascent-the-years-of-lyndon-johnson-%232/Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/means-of-ascent-the-years-of-lyndon-johnson-%232/Johnson is the villain, Stevenson is the hero, and it's not a happy ending.The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/the-path-to-power-the-years-of-lyndon-johnson-%231/Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/the-path-to-power-the-years-of-lyndon-johnson-%231/This is Game of Thrones for biographies, glad there are 3 more left.Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achievehttps://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/little-soldiers-an-american-boy-a-chinese-school-and-the-global-race-to-achieve/Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/little-soldiers-an-american-boy-a-chinese-school-and-the-global-race-to-achieve/81st, 82nd books of 2020: Work = Success China does well with standard education. In the 2018 PISA results, China Singapore, Macao, and Hong Kong scoredTheodore Rexhttps://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/theodore-rex/Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/theodore-rex/44th, 47th, 51st books of 2020: Roosevelt Trilogy: The most interesting American Theodore Roosevelt wasn’t supposed to be president. Coming from a wealthyThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/the-rise-of-theodore-roosevelt-theodore-roosevelt-%231/Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/the-rise-of-theodore-roosevelt-theodore-roosevelt-%231/44th, 47th, 51st books of 2020: Roosevelt Trilogy: The most interesting American Theodore Roosevelt wasn’t supposed to be president. Coming from a wealthyWhen Breath Becomes Airhttps://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/when-breath-becomes-air/Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://jonathanmckay.com/reviews/when-breath-becomes-air/At first I thought it was a bit pretentious, but by the end I felt that Kalanithi got to the non-fiction equivalent of the hero's journey. Death is the