A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life and Legacy
This biography of Abraham Lincoln, told through the stories of the women in his life and work, is also the story of the author's professional and personal relationship with Lincoln as a scholar and editor of his papers and as a woman who has drawn inspiration and solace from his life and his legacy.
A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life and Legacy
This biography of Abraham Lincoln, told through the stories of the women in his life and work, is also the story of the author's professional and personal relationship with Lincoln as a scholar and editor of his papers and as a woman who has drawn inspiration and solace from his life and his legacy.
George Moscone and the Making of Modern San Francisco
Those who recognize Mayor George Moscone's name may think of him as the career politician who was assassinated along with Harvey Milk, but there was much more to this influential and fascinating man's story. He was a trailblazing progressive and powerful state legislator who was instrumental in passing legislation on issues ranging from LGBT ......
In this first book devoted to the genesis, failure, and lasting legacy of Ulysses S. Grant's comprehensive American Indian policy, Mary Stockwell shows Grant as an essential bridge between Andrew Jackson's pushing Indians out of the American experience and Franklin D. Roosevelt's welcoming them back in. Situating Grant at the center of Indian ......
First Governor of New Mexico Territory and First Indian Agent
Veteran journalist and author Sherry Robinson presents readers with the first full biography of New Mexico's first territorial governor, James Silas Calhoun. Robinson explores Calhoun's early life in Georgia and his military service in the Mexican War and how they led him west. Through exhaustive research Robinson shares Calhoun's story of ......
How Mayor Ray Flynn and Community Organizers Fought Racism and DowntownPower Brokers
How Mayor Ray Flynn's leadership and a coalition of activists transformed Boston, challenging established powers and setting new precedents for urban governance The Battle for Boston captures the remarkable era under Mayor Ray Flynn, whose election in 1983 marked the beginning of a profound shift in the city's political and social landscape. ......
Essential guide to First Ladies, whose life details and influences on U.S. history are often not covered when studying history in school. Who the First Lady was during a Presidency and whether they wanted the role and how much power they were able to ultimately wield over time as women's rights grew tells a fascinating story. Facts about each ......
On July 22, 2011, a white supremacist killed eight people at Oslo's Government Center in Norway and then terrorized the idyllic island of UtOya, where he executed sixty-nine more people, mostly teenagers.?The country had never suffered such a massacre, and in the aftermath, the entire population was reeling. UtOya, the Norwegian Labor Party's ......