Richard Norton Smith is the author of THOMAS E. DEWEY AND HIS TIMES (a finalist for the 1983 Pulitzer Prize); AN UNCOMMON MAN: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover; THE HARVARD CENTURY: The Making of a University to a Nation; THE COLONEL: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick, 1880-1955; and PATRIARCH: George Washington and the New American Nation. He has served as the director of presidential libraries commemorating Abraham Lincoln, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. As C-SPAN’s in-house historian, he appears frequently on that network. He has also been a regular contributor to the "PBS NewsHour," and an ABC News presidential historian.

Books by Richard Norton Smith

On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller

by Richard Norton Smith - Biography, History, Nonfiction

Fourteen years in the making, Richard Norton Smith’s biography of the original Rockefeller Republican draws on thousands of newly available documents and over 200 interviews, including Nelson Rockefeller’s own unpublished reminiscences. In ON HIS OWN TERMS, Smith re-creates Rockefeller’s improbable rise to the governor’s mansion, his politically disastrous divorce and remarriage, and his often surprising relationships with presidents and political leaders.