The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation

"When Donald Trump became president and I began tracking his ethics problems, I went looking for a solid, comprehensive account of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment. Historian Brenda Wineapple was on it. The Impeachers, which she started in 2013, tells a big, mostly damning tale. Draw your parallels at will, as Johnson catered to the South’s just-defeated white supremacists and fought with what he called “this radical Congress.” As for the senator who cast the decisive vote to save Johnson (he’s in Profiles in Courage), Wineapple cites lingering questions that he was bought. So swampy."