anecdotes

Compares and contrasts the lives and ideas of seven of the founders of the United States of America--Washington, Hamilton, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, Burr, and John Adams.

A collection of true stories about the history of Long Island, New York, pulled from period sources such as newspapers, books, and historical records.

A history of the people and places of Central New York and the Finger Lakes Region, recounting the exploits of Red McCarthy, the creation myths of the Iroquois Indians, tales of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, and more.

"In 'The Small and the Mighty,' Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time. You'll meet a woman astride a white horse riding down Pennsylvania Ave, a young boy detained at a Japanese incarceration camp, a formerly enslaved woman on a mission to reunite with her daughter, a poet on a train, and a teacher who learns to work with her enemies"--Publisher's website.

Personal accounts of nurses, soldiers, and more tell the stories of unfamiliar figures of the US Civil War. Learn about the women, people of color, and others who played a crucial role in the war.

A collection of articles that examines the history and customs of the Pueblo Indians of nineteenth-century New Mexico.

"Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free--not just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land itself: the bedrock, the topsoil, and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed. In . . . [this] book, Nick takes a . . . trip to America's trails, farms, and frontier to examine the people who inhabit the land, what that has meant to them and us, and to the land itself, both historically and currently"--Amazon.

"A . . . memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University"--Amazon.com.

" . . . Sherman Carmichael is back with another collection of the weird, strange, and mysterious in the Palmetto State. Read about the return of the infamous Lizard Man. Learn why the ghost of Francis Marion regularly appears at a church cemetery for a rendezvous. Discover the Sea Pines Shell Ring and learn of its Native American origin. Walk the halls of the old South Carolina Lunatic Asylum and hear the moans of former patients. Join Carmichael as he contemplates these stories and many more from the dark side of South Carolina"--Back cover.

In this collection of essays, Walter Isaacson reflects on the lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and various other interesting characters he has chronicled as a biographer and journalist. Isaacson also describes the joys of the "so-called writing life" and the challenges he sees for journalism in the digital age.