Biography: Historical, Political & Military

In this second edition, historians Chuck Parsons and Donaly E. Brice present a complete picture of N. O. Reynolds (18461922), a Texas Ranger who br...

At the apex of progressive reform in Texas from 1907 to 1911, Thomas M. Campbell served as the states chief executive. Closely associated with form...

'Judicious and absorbing' New York Times Book Review In this biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), the man said to be the model for Greene's Th...

This monograph is the first new study of a pivotal character in colonial, revolutionary and federal relations with the Amerindian tribes of western...

Hemmed in by prejudice and restrictive laws, Chinese Americans lived in a defensive crouch at the turn of the 20th century. This is the true story ...

In 1844, at age 31, James Jesse Strang converted to Mormonism. Less than a year later, he''d entered the inner circle of Joseph Smith, Jr.-founder ...

By all accounts, Sally Townsend of Oyster Bay was a very attractive young lady - petite, vivacious, intelligent and remarkably beautiful. But her l...

Born in Germany in 1828, future Union general August Valentine Kautz came to America as an infant. He was privileged to obtain schooling and, af...

Captivating portraits of extraordinary individuals Famous Buckeyes are recognized by practically everyone. They range from presidents and inventors...

At the turn of the noneteenth century - when mmost food in America was blan and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-ex...

The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish History The Irish are celebrated at home and abroad as explorers, freedom fighters and great writers an...

Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers(19362013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the1960s and 1...

Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960) was the political heir to his brother Huey in Louisiana politics. A country boy who never lost his common touch, he ran ...

Special Forces Commander is the remarkable story of Peter Wand-Tetley's wartime service in the Army Commandos, the Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SO...

The Last Days of Richard III contains a new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richards last 150 days. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight kno...

As the acknowledged founder and philosopher of the Parents' National Educational Union (PNEU), Charlotte Mason was revered by her followers as a sa...

As a member of the Corporation, Harvards elite governing board, Grenville Clark wrote an important treatise on academic free- dom. He fought a succ...