by Brian Kilmead and Don Yaeger, 2015, Random House, New York This is a quick book to read and it is done pretty well. The authors keep it moving so the reader never gets bogged down. It tells the story … Continue reading →
by Chris DeRose, 2014, Lyons Press, Guilford Connecticut This was a very interesting book for me to read as it had a wealth of information about the five former presidents who were alive when the Civil War began.  I didn’t know … Continue reading →
by Barry Strauss, 2015, Simon & Schuster, New York This book was our men’s book club selection for March. Perhaps this book is more enjoyable to those with a greater interest in ancient history, but I think that one of … Continue reading →
by David McCullough, 2015, Simon and Schuster, New York I thought this book was interesting, primarily because I didn’t know that much about the Wright brothers, even though I had made one visit to Kitty Hawk. McCullough, as usual in … Continue reading →
by Ben Macintyre, 2014, Crown Publishing, New York This story is fascinating as it probes how an upper-class gentleman in British Society could betray his country. Unfortunately, it doesn’t give all the answers and leaves quite a bit to conjecture. … Continue reading →
by Atul Gawande, 2014, Picador What a depressing subject! And yet, this is a book I found I couldn’t put down. It is a book that everybody should read because, for many of us, our death or the deaths of our … Continue reading →
by Kingsley M. Bray, 2006, Volume 254 of the Civilization of the American Indian Series, The University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK I purchased this book at the Custer Battlefield at Little Bighorn just before leaving. As I glanced through … Continue reading →
by Daniel James Brown, 2013, Viking Penguin Group This book is meticulously researched, well-written, and the author obviously has a great love for his subject. It’s about the crew from the University of Washington that won the nine-man rowing Olympic … Continue reading →
by Seymour Morris, Jr., 2014, Harper This book was somewhat of a disappointment. I was very interested in how a successful occupation of another company was managed, particularly after the disaster that occurred in Iraq. The book seemed to start … Continue reading →
by Stephen Kinzer, 2014, St. Martin’s Griffin This book traces the lives and careers of John Foster Dulles and his brother, Allen. It is interesting in that the author contrasts the personalities of each of them and shows how they reacted … Continue reading →