Mark Twain satirized the period as the Gilded Age, suggesting that an overlay of gold plating hid the seamy reality underneath. Later, historians fixed the term to the years from the late 1870s to the late 1890s. Then, America emerged
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Mark Twain satirized the period as the Gilded Age, suggesting that an overlay of gold plating hid the seamy reality underneath. Later, historians fixed the term to the years from the late 1870s to the late 1890s. Then, America emerged
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Released two weeks ago, H.W. Brands’s “American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington” is the most significant biography of our … Continue reading →
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Harrison Ruffin Tyler – the last living grandson of the 10th president John Tyler – died this past Sunday evening, … Continue reading →
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Mark Twain by Ron Chernow 1,174 pages Penguin Press Published: May 13, 2025 Until now, readers enchanted by Mark Twain’s … Continue reading →
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died today at the age of 100. He was the oldest-ever … Continue reading →
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Randall Wood’s biography “John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People” was published this summer. Woods is a Distinguished … Continue reading →
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King: A Life by Jonathan Eig 688 pages Farrar, Straus and Giroux Published: May 2023 Jonathan Eig’s “King: A Life” … Continue reading →
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Max Boot’s long-awaited “Reagan: His Life and Legend” was released two weeks ago. Boot is an author, historian and Senior … Continue reading →
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Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist by Larry Rohter 480 pages W.W. … Continue reading →
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Jackie: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli 528 pages St. Martin’s Press Published: July 2023 Released this past summer, … Continue reading →
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