Biography: Historical, Political & Military

A Scots-Irish immigrant, James McHenry determined to make something of his life. Trained as a physician, he joined the American Revolution when war...

The son of an army officer, Conrad S. Babcock graduated from West Point in 1898, just in time for the opening of the Spanish-American War. Because ...

From his election in November 1860 to his death in April 1865, Abraham Lincoln faced constant danger from those hostile to him and to the Union ...

It could be said that Davie County, North Carolina, entered the Civil War only reluctantly. As late as February of 1861, a statewide ballot call...

Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay is one of the most intriguing, and yet one of the least-known stories of modern history.  Escaping a desperate mar...

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 ...