10 How Paul Elovitz Used What He Learned About Childhood, Leadership, Listening, and Personality to Become a Presidential Psychobiographer of Trump and Biden

Paul Elovitz

DOI: 10.4324/9781003265122-10

The Making of a Presidential Psychobiographer

While growing up I was fascinated by the American dream of unlimited opportunities for ordinary people, including immigrants and their children. “Honest Abe” Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Washington, Lou Gehrig, and Thomas Alva Edison were among those who inspired me. However, I was a shy and lonely boy who fantasized about growing up to be a great baseball player, Superman-like hero, or president, but I did poorly on the playing field and dismissed my presidential ...

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