by Brett Baier and Catherine Whitney, 2017, William Morrow The more I read this book, the more I didn’t like it. It’s an overview of Ike’s days in the White House, but is built on the premise that his last … Continue reading →
by David Grann, 2007, Vintage Books, A Dividion of Random House LLC, New York This book chronicles the murders of members of the Osage Indian tribe in Oklahoma in the early part of the 20th century and the efforts of … Continue reading →
by Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, 1997, W.W. Norton & Company, New York This book is a detailes account of the events that led up to and took place during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The research that went into the … Continue reading →
by Tara Westover, Kindle version, 2018, Random House LLC This book is a harrowing memoir about a young girl growing up in a dysfunctional family in Idaho with an abusive father and brother. She was discouraged from attending school and … Continue reading →
by Janet Wallach, Audiobook narrated by Coleen Marlo, 2012, Random House Audio This is a fairly interesting biography of a woman from New Bedford, MA, who became the richest woman in America during her life. While the author did a … Continue reading →
by Annie Jacobsen, 2015, Back Bay Books This is a fascinating story of how the United States flouted its own laws to bring Nazi scientists to America. After WWII, relations with the Russians quickly deteriorated into the Cold War. Both … Continue reading →
by Yuval Noah Harari, 2017, Harper Collins Books I looked forward to reading this book as I thought it would provide me with some ideas as to how we will progress in the future. Sadly, I was disappointed as it … Continue reading →
by J. D. Vance, 2016, Harper (Kindle Edition) This book is very pertinent to what is occurring in the United States today. Individuals are angry and upset, don’t trust the government, don’t trust the media, and are prone to false … Continue reading →
by Douglas L. Wilson, 1998, Alfred A. Knopf, New York I had always eyed this book as it surely targeted a subject that I was interested in: the transformation of Abrahams Lincoln from a backwoods youth to the person who had … Continue reading →
by Ron Chernow, 2005, Penguin Books This is a fantastic book that is chock-full of information about Alexander Hamilton, but, more importantly, his imprint on the structure of our federal government. It also provides a lot of insight regarding the … Continue reading →