Holland, Barbara

In a memoir of growing up in Washington, D.C., during the 1940s and 1950s, the author of "Gentleman's Blood" and "Hail to the Chiefs" gives a sharp-eyed look at history, as well as insights into her own life.

Describes the lighter side of our presidents using bits of their biographies and selected anecdotes of their humor and wit.

A young girl wins a pony in a contest and throws her entire suburban neighborhood into an uproar.

Two friends, one confident and the other timid, find their positions reversed when they must plot to escape kidnappers.

A collection of true stories about women from different historical eras who have gone against society's expectations and made a name for themselves.