by Timothy Eagan, 2023, Kindle Edition. The book relates the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana starting in 1923. A man from Oklahoma abandoned his wife and child in Oklahoma and moved to Indiana where his charisma allowed … Continue reading →
by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2024, Simon & Schuster, New York I have read other books by Doris Goodwin and think highly of her as an author and historian. This book is quite different from her other books as it is … Continue reading →
by Maurice Samuels, 2024, Kindle Edition, Yale University Press This is an interesting book that explores both the life of Alfred Dreyfus as well as his trial for treason. The book gets somewhat repetitive when it is describing Dreyfus, but … Continue reading →
by John W. Gardner, 1978, W.W. Norton & Company, New York As is the case with many of the books I read, I didn’t really seek this book out as one I would really want to read. It was in … Continue reading →
by Benjamin Anderson, 1991 revised and extended edition, Verso, an imprint of Left Wing Books My son went to George Washington University in Washington, D.C., to get his Master’s degree in Eastern European History. After graduating he had a collection … Continue reading →
by Tim Traudt, 2022, self-published This book is written by a former executive who worked in the bank where I once worked. I know Tim as an acquaintance, but I really didn’t have any dealings with him. Tim has had … Continue reading →
by Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Jr., with David Fisher, 2011, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, New York I received this book as a Christmas present in 2011, shortly after it was published. I opened the present and then set it … Continue reading →
by Nelson Mandela, 2008, Kindle Version, Little, Brown and Company  I read most of this book while on a trip to South Africa. It provided me with an understanding of what the country had gone through under apartheid and … Continue reading →
Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath, by Bill Browder, 2022, Kindle Edition, Simon & Schuster When I started to read this book, I thought I wasn’t going to like it as I … Continue reading →
by Fred Kaplan, 2020, Simon & Schuster This book is about the development of the strategy of national defense and how we would utilize nuclear weapons in the event of a threat to our country. Actually, that statement isn’t exactly … Continue reading →