Biography: Historical, Political & Military

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 ...