Follow radio journalist Brady Carlson as he visits presidential gravesites across the US, from Massachusetts to California, from Millard Fillmore to Ronald Reagan. The unadulterated joy of a man indulging his obsession is palpable and infectious, thanks to the author’s gift for sly humor and fluid prose. In this form of entertaining travelogue is couched an exploration into the way past generations have venerated the presidential office and its inhabitants, which makes the reader wonder what our own relationship to the presidency says about us. It’s thought-provoking without being dry, fun without seeming frivolous. It’s learning that is effortless, which is the best kind.