As I open Claire Tomalin's Thomas Hardy biography, I anticipate a good read. I'm an admirer of Tomalin's previous biographies (Jane Austen and Samuel Pepys, among them). I know the Penguin Press ...
I recently read Stephen Ambrose's excellent biography, Eisenhower: Soldier and President, on our nation's 34th president. In the 640-page tome, Ambrose discusses the famous farewell address Eisenhower ...
On the long route to the White House Dwight Eisenhower experienced a life-changing occurrence at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The year was 1915. Eisenhower, who was born in Texas but had grown up, ...