N. Jack “Dusty” Kleiss was awarded the Navy Cross for his exploits during that battle. His life becomes real in the book, ...

As the only president elected to four terms and who saw the country through two of its greatest cataclysms — the Great ...

“We have entered a period of nostalgia and reaction. We want the past back though we have no idea what it was.” Marilynn Robinson, The Death of Adam “I feel that I should have spent much more time ...

The groundbreaking legacy of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt owes much to her deep Episcopalian faith, according to this thorough biography from Mitchell (Tread the City’s Streets Again), a ...

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James Roosevelt became famous because of his prestigious family heritage. He is the grandson of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, two emblematic figures in ...

Franklin Roosevelt rose to fame through his exceptional role as the 32nd President of the United States, serving four consecutive terms from 1933 to 1945. He led the country through two major crises, ...

COMPARED to Theodore Roosevelt, more recent occupants of the White House seem thin gruel indeed. The contrast doesn't hinge so much on TR's dervish-like energy and ebullient personality as on the ...

How can one write history so that it seems like a thriller? How does one write a biography without making the subject the centerpiece of the narrative? I have no idea if David Pietrusza asked himself ...