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George Johnson may refer to: Arts and entertainment George W. Johnson (singer) (1846–1914), American singer, early recording artist George Perry Johnson (1885–1977), American film producer, writer, and newsreel producer George Johnson (actor) (1898–1961), American actor George Johnson (musician) (1913–1987), jazz saxophonist and clarinetist George Johnson (artist) (1926–2021), Australian artist George M. Johnson (writer) (born 1985), American author and activist George Johnson (aka Lightnin' Licks, born 1953), American musician, member of The Brothers Johnson Military George Owen Johnson (1896–1980), Canadian aviator, RCAF Air Marshal and WWI ace George Johnson (British Army officer) (1903–1980) George Johnson (general) (1918–2021), United States Air Force general Johnny Johnson (RAF officer) (George Leonard Johnson, 1921–2022), Royal Air Force officer Politics Canada George Macness Johnson (1853–1935), judge and politician in Newfoundland George Balfour Johnson (1865–1940), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada George William Johnson (politician) (1892–1973), Canadian member of the Legislative Assembly from Manitoba George Johnson (Manitoba politician) (1920–1995), Canadian lieutenant-governor of Manitoba U.S. George W. Johnson (governor) (1811–1862), Confederate governor of Kentucky George Y. Johnson (1820–1872), New York politician George Alonzo Johnson (1824–1903), 49er, Colorado River steamboat entrepreneur and California politician George A. Johnson & Company George A. Johnson (1829–1894), attorney general of the state of California George William Johnson (congressman) (1869–1944), American congressman from West Virginia George E. Q. Johnson (1874–1949), U.S. federal judge George W. Johnson (Minnesota politician) (1894–1974), speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and 28th Mayor of Duluth, Minnesota George R. Johnson (1929–1973), Pennsylvania politician George Dean Johnson Jr. (born 1942), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives George F. Johnson IV (born c. 1953), American politician and sheriff Other politicians George Johnson (MP for Devizes) (1626–1683) George Johnson (Australian politician) (1811–1902), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly George Randall Johnson (1833–1919), British cricketer and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council George Johnson (Independent Labour Party politician) (1872–1958), British socialist politician Sports Association football George Johnson (footballer, born 1871) (1871–1934), English football forward (Walsall, Aston Villa) George Johnson (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1985) was an English footballer (Ashington, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford) George Johnson (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1989), English football fullback (Wigan Borough, Darlington) George Johnson (football manager), Leicester City manager Basketball George E. Johnson (basketball) (born 1947), American ABA/NBA player George T. Johnson (born 1948), American NBA player George L. Johnson (born 1956), American NBA player Other sports George S. Johnson (1879–1948), Australian rules footballer George Johnson (baseball) (1890–1940), American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues George Johnson (cricketer, born 1894) (1894–1965), English cricketer George Johnson (cricketer, born 1907) (1907–1986), English cricketer George Johnson (sport shooter) (1915–2006), Puerto Rican Olympic shooter George Johnson (athlete) (born 1938), Liberian athlete George Johnson (boxer) (1938–2016), American heavyweight boxer George Johnson (American football player) (born 1989), American football defensive end George Johnson (American football coach), head football coach at Bucknell University from 1915 to 1917 Chappie Johnson (George Johnson, 1877–1949), American baseball player and team manager, Negro leagues career 1896–1919 Writers George William Johnson (writer) (1802–1886), British writer George Metcalf Johnson (1885–1965), American mystery and western writer, also wrote as George Metcalf George Clayton Johnson (1929–2015), American science fiction writer George B. Johnson (born 1942), American science writer George Johnson (writer) (born 1952), American science writer, including for The New York Times George Washington Johnson (poet) (1839–1917), Canadian schoolteacher and poet Others George Johnson (priest) (1808–1881), British clergyman and academic George Henry Martin Johnson (1816–1884), Iroquois chief George Johnson (physician) (1818–1896), English physician George Raymond Johnson (1840–1898), English architect in Australia George Lindsay Johnson (1853–1943), British ophthalmologist George F. Johnson (1857–1948), American businessman George Marion Johnson (1900–1987), American law professor and academic administrator George E. Johnson Sr. (born 1927), American entrepreneur George W. Johnson (academic) (1928–2017), American academic and academic administrator Other uses USS George A. Johnson, a United States Navy destroyer escort in commission from 1944 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1957 USS George H. Johnson (SP-379), the proposed name and designation of a commercial freight lighter the United States Navy considered for service during World War I but never acquired George P. Johnson, an American multinational corporation See also George Johnston (disambiguation) George Johnstone (disambiguation). Discover the George Johnson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular George Johnson books.

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  • Presidents in Crisis synopsis, comments

    Presidents in Crisis

    Michael K Bohn

    Every American president, when faced with a crisis, longs to take bold and decisive action. When American lives or vital interests are at stake, the publicand especially the news m...

  • Till Victory Is Won synopsis, comments

    Till Victory Is Won

    Janet Cheatham Bell

    Taking its title from the moving lyrics of the official song of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," Till Victory Is Won chr...

  • Stand Your Ground synopsis, comments

    Stand Your Ground

    Victoria Christopher Murray

    From the #1 Essence bestselling and awardwinning author of The Personal Librarian comes Stand Your Ground, a novel about two mothers who must grapple with their faith and belief in...

  • The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Part 1 synopsis, comments

    The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Part 1

    Larry Schweikart

    A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

  • The Prime Ministers synopsis, comments

    The Prime Ministers

    Iain Dale

    Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a NonParliamentarianA Times Political Book of the Year'An entertaining, thorough and informative canter thro...

  • Amazing Tales from the New York Yankees Dugout synopsis, comments

    Amazing Tales from the New York Yankees Dugout

    Ken McMillan, Ed Randall & Bruce Markusen

    When it comes to baseball glory, no other team comes close to the New York Yankees, winners of forty American League pennants and twentyseven World Series championships. Amazing Ta...

  • A conversation between His most sacred Majesty George III. and Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Illustrated with observations, by James Boswell, Esq synopsis, comments

    A conversation between His most sacred Majesty George III. and Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Illustrated with observations, by James Boswell, Esq

    James Boswell

    A conversation between His most sacred Majesty George III. and Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Illustrated with observations, by James Boswell, Esq, James Boswell. A conversation between His...

  • The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous synopsis, comments

    The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous

    Cappy McGarr & Ken Burns

    In The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous, Cappy McGarr shares how he  became an Emmynominated cocreator/executive producer of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Hum...

  • Blowback synopsis, comments

    Blowback

    Chalmers Johnson

    An explosive account of the resentments American policies are sowing around the world and of the payback that will be our harvest in the twentyfirst century.Blowback, a term invent...

  • Discretion synopsis, comments

    Discretion

    Allison Leotta

    For fans of Lisa Scottoline and Law and Order: SVU, former federal sexcrimes prosecutor Allison Leotta’s novel explores the intersection of sex and power as Anna Curtis investigate...

  • From Hang Time to Prime Time synopsis, comments

    From Hang Time to Prime Time

    Pete Croatto

    Perfect for fans of Moneyball and The Book of Basketball, this vivid, thoroughly entertaining, and wellresearched book explores the NBA’s surge in popularity in the 1970s and 1980s...

  • Wycliffe And The Last Rites synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe And The Last Rites

    W.J. Burley

    The Cornish Detective seriesA puzzling murder mystery. A tough new case for Detective Wycliffe to investigate.'You can always count on Wycliffe' FINANCIAL TIMES'GRIPPING' THE TIME...

  • The Presidents Club synopsis, comments

    The Presidents Club

    Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy

    The New York Times bestselling history of the private relationships among the last thirteen presidentsthe partnerships, private deals, rescue missions, and rivalries of those selec...

  • Incredible Baseball Stories synopsis, comments

    Incredible Baseball Stories

    Ken Samelson

    The works in Incredible Baseball Stories cover the full span of baseball’s rich history. Fans of all ages will enjoy recalling the great and notsogreat moments of the most popular ...

  • Imperfect Presidents synopsis, comments

    Imperfect Presidents

    Jim Cullen

    When people make bad decisions, odd remarks, and just plain silly mistakes, the results are sure to haunt them. But when these things happen to the president of the United States, ...

  • The Maverick synopsis, comments

    The Maverick

    Thomas Harding

    The captivating story of the famed publisher George Weidenfeld, from his struggles as an AustrianJewish refugee in London to his rise as a worldrenowned literary figure. After...

  • The Residence synopsis, comments

    The Residence

    Kate Andersen Brower

    “Absolutely delicious.”Washington PostFrom the mystique of the glamorous Kennedys to the tumult that surrounded Bill and Hillary Clinton during the president’s impeachment to the h...

  • English synopsis, comments

    English

    Ben Fogle

    What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite – or is it something less easily defined?Beginning at the top of a m...

  • Wycliffe And The Redhead synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe And The Redhead

    W.J. Burley

    The Cornish Detective seriesThe discovery of a body in a quarry creates a baffling case for Detective Superintendent Wycliffe'Firstclass, oldtime, hyperingenious whodunit' OBSERVER...

  • A Good Killing synopsis, comments

    A Good Killing

    Allison Leotta

    Former federal prosecutor and critically acclaimed author Allison Leotta’s spellbinding thriller follows prosecutor Anna Curtis as she heads home to Michigan to defend her sister i...

  • Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents synopsis, comments

    Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents

    Cormac O'Brien & Monika Suteski

    Murder, Adultery, Gambling, UFOs And the White House?!?   Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features ...

  • Sex Lives Of The Presidents synopsis, comments

    Sex Lives Of The Presidents

    Nigel Cawthorne

    It didn't start with Clinton, or even Kennedy. Ever since the Father of our Country was sworn in over 200 years ago, the White House has seen its share of oversexed, adulterous, ph...

  • To End a Plague synopsis, comments

    To End a Plague

    Emily Bass

    Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize“Randy Shilts and Laurie Garrett told the story of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through the late 1980s and the early 1990s, respectively. Now journa...

  • The Edge synopsis, comments

    The Edge

    Michael Useem

    “If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Mt. Everest A leader’s jobin a radically changing worldis standing ...

  • The Presidents vs. the Press synopsis, comments

    The Presidents vs. the Press

    Harold Holzer

    An awardwinning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' attacks on our freedom of the press.“The FAKE NEWS media,” Donald Trump has tweeted, ...

  • The Fabulist synopsis, comments

    The Fabulist

    Mark Chiusano

    From the dogged Long Island reporter who has been on his trail since 2019, the bizarre, pageturning, and frankly hysterical story of America’s most outrageous grifterformer US Repr...

  • How to Fight Presidents synopsis, comments

    How to Fight Presidents

    Daniel O'Brien & Winston Rowntree

    Make no mistake: Our founding fathers were more bandanasandmuscles than powderedwigsandtea.  As a prisoner of war, Andrew Jackson walked several miles barefoot across state li...

  • Wycliffe and the Beales synopsis, comments

    Wycliffe and the Beales

    W.J. Burley

    A mysterious death ... an eccentric family living on the edge of Dartmoor ... And Chief Superintendent Wycliffe has one of his most complex cases to date.The Cornish Detective seri...

  • Doomed to Succeed synopsis, comments

    Doomed to Succeed

    Dennis Ross

    A necessary and unprecedented account of America's changing relationship with IsraelWhen it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two ...

  • Heads of the Colored People synopsis, comments

    Heads of the Colored People

    Nafissa Thompson-Spires

    Winner of the PEN Open Book Award Winner of the Whiting Award Longlisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize...

  • Heroes synopsis, comments

    Heroes

    Paul Johnson

    A galaxy of legendary figures from the annals of Western historyIn this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson, the bestselling author of Intellectuals and Creators, appr...

  • The Traveling Feast synopsis, comments

    The Traveling Feast

    Rick Bass

    Acclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this "rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soulnourishing, roadburning act o...

  • The Penguin History of the United States of America synopsis, comments

    The Penguin History of the United States of America

    Hugh Brogan

    This new edition of Brogan's superb onevolume history from early British colonisation to the Reagan years captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep...

  • The Icarus Syndrome synopsis, comments

    The Icarus Syndrome

    Peter Beinart

    “Peter Beinart has written a vivid, empathetic, and convincing history of the men and ideas that have shaped the ambitions of American foreign policy during the last centurya story...

  • Metaphysical Poetry synopsis, comments

    Metaphysical Poetry

    Colin Burrow

    A key anthology for students of English literature, Metaphysical Poetry is a collection whose unique philosophical insights are some of the crowning achievements of Renaissance ver...

  • The Essential Kerner Commission Report synopsis, comments

    The Essential Kerner Commission Report

    Jelani Cobb & Matthew Guariglia

    Recognizing that an historic study of American racism and police violence should become part of today’s canon, Jelani Cobb contextualizes it for a new generation.The Kerner Commiss...

  • Farsighted synopsis, comments

    Farsighted

    Steven Johnson

    The hardest choices are also the most consequential. So why do we know so little about how to get them right? Big, lifealtering decisions matter so much more than the decisions we ...

  • Cloak of War synopsis, comments

    Cloak of War

    Rhonda Mason

    The bloody tournament to determine the new empress of the intergalactic empire may be over, but for exiled princess Kayla Reinumon, the battle is just beginning. To free her home p...

  • The Other Custers synopsis, comments

    The Other Custers

    Bill Yenne & George Armstrong Custer

    Not one, not two, but three Custer brothers died at the Little Bighornand so did their only sister's husband. Most do not realize that not one, not two, but three Custer brothers d...

  • Raising Victims synopsis, comments

    Raising Victims

    Leonydus Johnson

    Exposes how public schools are teaching Critical Race Theory disguised as innocuous “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” initiatives, explains why this is training a generation of ch...

  • They Were Soldiers synopsis, comments

    They Were Soldiers

    Joseph L. Galloway & Marvin J. Wolf

    They Were Soldiers showcases the inspiring true stories of 49 Vietnam veterans who returned home from the "lost war" to enrich America's present and future...

  • Tales from the Philadelphia 76ers Locker Room synopsis, comments

    Tales from the Philadelphia 76ers Locker Room

    Gordon Jones, Pat Williams & Billy Cunningham

    The Sixers won 65 games and an NBA championship in 1982–83, still one of the finest seasons in NBA history. It was Moses Malone who, in the days before the playoffs, gave the team ...

  • Enemies synopsis, comments

    Enemies

    Tim Weiner

    The hidden history of the FBI and its hundredyear war against terrorists, spies, and anyone it deemed subversiveincluding even American presidents. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSEL...