Gerald R. Ford (The American Presidents Series: The 38th President, 1974-1977)
Douglas Brinkley is the director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center and professor of history at Tulane University. He is the author of biographies of Henry Ford, Jimmy Carter, Dean Acheson, James Forrestal, John Kerry, and Rosa Parks, and his most recent books includeThe Reagan Diaries,The Great Deluge, andThe Boys of Pointe du Hoc. He is a contributing editor forVanity Fair, theLos Angeles Times Book Review, andAmerican Heritageand a frequent contributor toThe New York Times,The New Yorker, andThe Atlantic Monthly. He lives in New Orleans with his wife and children.