Tags : “American history”

The country woke up to a shock on October 16, 1901 upon the news that President Theodore Roosevelt had invited Booker T. Washington to have dinner with the First Family.

Review in Books — by ManOfLaBook.com — on May 20, 2012

Aaron Burr's correspondence serves as primary source of portrait of enigmatic historical figure.

Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Apr 29, 2012

Nadja Baer's adaptation of the United States Constitution features the complete original text of the supreme law of these United States, and is packed with full-color illustrations.

Review in Books — by ManOfLaBook.com — on Mar 30, 2012

Can the Hunger Games fight global hunger like the Rose Bowl films did?

News in Culture — by William Lambers — on Mar 07, 2012

Goodheart cogently chronicles the political machinations leading to the election of Lincoln, the secession of the Southern states, and the start of the Civil War.

Review in Books — by Jack Goodstein — on Feb 22, 2012

Losing the 1912 elections, the humiliated Theodore Roosevelt sets his sites on a punishing physical excursion.

Review in Books — by ManOfLaBook.com — on Feb 20, 2012

Cruel Curse is a haunting tale about a wrongly accused Civil War soldier.

Review in Books — by Richard R. Blake — on Jan 24, 2012

An outstanding account of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, and the legacy it left behind.

Review in Books — by Greg Barbrick — on Jan 09, 2012

Power and Tender is a historical novel that chronicles the lives of Arthur, Ben and Hannah Alton during the years immediately following World War I.

Review in Books — by Richard R. Blake — on Jan 06, 2012

Biography of the author of A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison. It's a keeper.

Review in Books — by FeatheredQuill — on Nov 21, 2011