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'Countdown 1945' Review: Checkmate in the Pacific

'Countdown 1945' Review: Checkmate in the Pacific

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Books  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

'Life of a Klansman' Review: A Hood in the Closet

'Life of a Klansman' Review: A Hood in the Closet

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Books  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

'The Vapors' Review: High Rollers in Hot Springs - WSJ

'The Vapors' Review: High Rollers in Hot Springs - WSJ

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Books  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Children's Books: Busy Lives in a Watery World

Children's Books: Busy Lives in a Watery World

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Books  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

The Great Books: "Moby Dick" An American Classic

The Great Books: "Moby Dick" An American Classic

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Books  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Years ago, when I decided to become a writer, I decided I should read the classics I’d managed to dodge in school. While Heraclitus said it’s impossible to step into the same river twice, as a...
'Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher' Review: An Untouchable Second Act - WSJ

'Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher' Review: An Untouchable Second Act - WSJ

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Books  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Moviegoers of a certain age will remember Eliot Ness—the upright law-enforcement figure who battled corruption and organized crime from the 1920s to the ’40s—as portrayed by a tough-talking Kevin...
The Story Of How Samuel Colt Made Men Equal

The Story Of How Samuel Colt Made Men Equal

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Books  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Truman after all this time

Truman after all this time

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Books  •  23 Comments  •  5 years ago

Joseph S. Nye Jr still rates the 1992 biography as one of the best and with a moral lesson. Truman By David McCullough (1992) Harry Truman was, as David McCullough notes, a little man with...
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