The Virginia Dynasty

Nothing about this book is bad, but the book doesn't really justify its existence whatsoever. Cheney is actually a fairly good writer, but all of this material has been poured over by much more thorough and/or engaging individuals, and it doesn't really leave any mark on why it should have been written. The fact that four of our first five Presidents all came from Virginia is interesting, and you can do something with it, but Cheney doesn't.

This is my paraphrased version of this book, summed up in one sentence:

“So then there was good ol' George Washington, who was from VIRGINIA, and he also knew VIRGINIAN Thomas Jefferson-By the way, fellow guy from VIRGINIA, James Madison was friends with Jefferson, and all the way from VIRGINIA, James Monroe was hanging out, too.”