by Doug Stanton, 2003, Henry Holt & Company, New York This book is about the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis in the Pacific Ocean toward the end of World War II. The book is well researched and well written. The … Continue reading →
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 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 Yuen Foong Khong, 1992, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ This is one of the books that my son, Peter, had as a result of his master’s studies at George Washington University. I went through the box and picked out … 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 Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, 2014, Henry Holt & Company, LLC, New York This book was given to me as a gift at Christmas. Otherwise, I probably would not have read it. Once I had it, however, I was … 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 Richard Stoneman, Fifth Edition, 2009, Interlink Books, Northampton, MA We bought this book before we took our trip to Greece and Turkey last year, thinking that I would read the book prior to going to Turkey. I never had … Continue reading →
by Bill Bryson, 2014, Anchor Paperbacks This book is a collection of things that happened in 1927. It starts with a murder trial in the early part of the year, then describes some of the incidents leading up to Lindberg’s … Continue reading →