Customer Review: Too bad Faulkner isn't still alive. When he said "The past isn't really dead. It isn't even past," he could have been talking about this marvelous book. Though the world it depicts is obvious long gone, Meacham's vivid writing and the way he explores universal themes of trust and betrayal, power and... more info
Customer Review: This book explores the relationship between two giants of World History. Churchill, standing alone following the sudden collapse of France, was facing a possible invasion of England by the Nazi war machine. Russia was still allied with the Nazi's so the U.S. was the last best hope of saving England... more info
Customer Review: American Gospel is right on target. Americans are fortunate that our founders conceived the wall of separation between church and state. These educated and forward thinking representatives had the historical knowledge to realize the folly of alternatives.
As JM says this is not your normal history book but instead an interpretation of how family life and the close relationships the family had led to much of what occurred in the Jackson White House and beyond. Outrageous that something from today's point of view that would seem so petty became... more info
Customer Review: I was amazed when I first saw the contents of this anthology--had had no idea that so many big names had written about the civil rights movement. But when you actually read the anthology, a lot of these pieces, as fun as they may be to read in general, aren't really about the civil rights movement... more info
Customer Review: This book was supposed to be new. It was a gift and the cover sleeve was wrinkled and I was embarassed to give it as a gift. "Strand Books" should realize that if I had seen this book prior to purchasing, I would have chosen another book.
Customer Review: Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter has provided us with a choice selection of his columns written since the early 1990s. The book is divided into eight sections ranging from history, articles on politics including the Bushes and Clintons, another on people such as Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra, and... more info
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