By Thomas J. Knock The Rise Of A Prairie Statesman: The Life And Times Of George McGovern is the first volume of a major two-part biography on the most eloquent critic of the Vietnam War. Thomas J. Knock, a distinguished historian and teaching professor at Southern Methodist University, has written an aptly titled account of […]
By Christine Woodside Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books is the story of “two strong women creating literature and crusading for their fervent beliefs,” says author Christine Woodside. It chronicles the relationship between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her adult daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, […]
By Rich Kienzle George Jones, one of the greatest performers in country music history, began his career at age twelve, playing his guitar and singing on the streets of Beaumont, Texas. At age 61, in 1992, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Sixteen years later, he was named one of the […]
By Barbara Taylor Bradford The Cavendon Luck, which opens in 1938, rounds out the three-book Cavendon Hall series of Barbara Taylor Bradford novels. Cavendon Hall covered the Great War of 1914-18, and The Cavendon Women took place in the mid-1920s. The fictional Cavendon Hall in Yorkshire, England, is home to the aristocratic family of Lord Charles […]
By Barbara Taylor Bradford The Cavendon Women, the thirtieth novel of Barbara Taylor Bradford, takes place in the mid-1920s and is the sequel to Cavendon Hall, which covered the Great War of 1914-18. Bradford, born and raised in England, was inducted by Queen Elizabeth into the Order of the British Empire in 2007 for her […]
By Jo Ivester “Many Americans live on the outskirts of hope,” President Lyndon Johnson said in his historic 1964 War on Poverty speech. “Some because of their poverty and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity.” The Outskirts of Hope: […]
By William Doyle PT 109: An American epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy makes a strong case that Kennedy might never have become President of the United States without the publicity generated by the saga of his war heroism. William Doyle, a New York Times bestselling author and historian, expands […]
By Bill Medley, with Mike Marino In 1963, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield were singing together in southern California. They decided to record a few songs and they needed a name. “At that time, Orange County was about the whitest place in the country,” recalls Bill Medley in The Time Of My Life: A Righteous […]
By Nina Ansary Jewels of Allah: The Untold Story of Women in Iran reveals “how a full-blown feminist movement developed and grew in the patriarchal climate of post-revolutionary Iran,” says author Nina Ansary. To illustrate the opposite lifestyles and beliefs portrayed in the book, she mentions her two grandmothers. One was a devout woman “who […]
By Ann Dunwoody, with Tomago Collins A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies From America’s First Female Four-Star General is the story of General Ann Dunwoody, United States Army (retired). As a retired U.S. Navy captain myself, I found her impressive and someone I would enjoy knowing. We were both commissioned in 1975, and she summarizes our experiences […]