Showing posts with label nonfiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nonfiction. Show all posts
Friday, June 15, 2018

ROUGH RIDERS: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill by Mark Lee Gardner

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REMEMBER THE MAINE! "The day that Roosevelt can go into battle with [the Rough Riders] will likely be the happiest of his life....
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

DOWN THE SANTA FE TRAIL AND INTO MEXICO: The Diary of Susan Magoffin

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“My journal tells a story tonight different from what it has ever done before.” – Susan Shelby Magoffin In November 1845, Susan Shelby,...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

HUEY LONG by T. Harry Williams

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DICTATOR  – in politics, a leader who rules a country with absolute power, usually by force FASCIST  – an individual who favors dictato...
Saturday, May 6, 2017

IKE: An American Hero by Michael Korda

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“I like Ike!” Of course, I do; doesn't everybody? But I don’t worship at his altar and I bet you don’t either. However, I can’t s...
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Sunday, November 1, 2015

IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides

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I n the fall of 2006, I drove from Santa Fe to Taos, New Mexico and walked into the Kit Carson Home and Museum. When I entered I spotted...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

QUICK HITS III

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Here are some quick looks at a few more books that I have given a rating of 5 out of a possible 5 stars.  All deal with the world of sports....
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN by James Agee and Walker Evans

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L et Us Now Praise Famous Men  became an overnight classic twenty-five years after Agee was given an assignment to write an article for ...