“Edison” by Edmund Morris Thomas Edison’s brilliant life, told in reverse. Reviewed by Charles Trueheart for The Washington Post Read More
Patriotic Pick for November 2019 Patriotic Picks The Winds of War: A Novel, The Joy Luck Club: A Novel and Watergate: A Novel Whether it’s via their tone, topic, or tenor, certain works just say “America.” Here are three such titles for this... Read More
Everything Else in the Universe by Tracy Holczer A beautifully poignant novel, masterfully written and accurately capturing the historical time which it depicts. Reviewed by Ed Lengel Read More
The Pioneers By David McCullough With “The Pioneers,” Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough presents a different angle on Western expansion. Read More
Maiden Voyage: A Titanic Story by Sarah Jane Three remarkable young lives intersect in this thrilling tale, set in April 1912 during the last days of the doomed... Read More
An American Princess by Annejet van der Zijl Dutch author Annejet van der Zijl’s lyrical biography tells an authentically human tale. Reviewed by Ed Lengel Read More
The Widow Washington By Martha Saxton It was Mary Ball Washington who instilled in the first president a moral philosophy of industry, thrift and stoicism. Read More
The Age of Eisenhower by William I. Hitchcock Reviewed by Ed Lengel One of the most popular presidents during his time in office, Dwight D. Eisenhower, has been... Read More
Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service by Gary Sinise 272 pp., Thomas Nelson $17 Reviewed by David Bruce Smith “Lt. Dan” chronicles his transformation into real-life military advocate. Read More
Destiny and Power The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham President George Herbert Walker Bush’s passing represented a style of leadership that Americans once took for granted. Reviewed by Ed... Read More
The Unexpected President by Scott S. Greenberger Few anticipated Vice-President Chester Arthur—a son of an ardent abolitionist preacher and progeny of the powerful New York Republican political... Read More
Sargent’s Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas by Donna M. Lucey Donna M. Lucey adopts a fresh approach to uncovering the humanity that dwells behind the veil of Gilded Age spectacle.... Read More
