biography

Edith Hahn tells how she survived the Holocaust, first by going underground, using a Christian friend's identity papers, and eventually marrying Werner Vetter, a Nazi Party member who knew she was Jewish.

The author recollects her childhood in the railroad settlement of Whitefish, Montana on the late frontier.

A memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien modern American culture.

Presents the lively correspondence of Theodore and Sophie Bost, a pioneer couple who settled in Minnesota.

Presents a biography of Marie Antoinette, controversial and misunderstood queen of France at the time of the French Revolution.

Presents a history of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War focusing on the patriots, politicians, spies, and con artists, with additional emphasis on women and African Americans.

Describes the twists and turns in an actual New Orleans court case of 1843 where the identity of Sally Miller, is questioned and has everything to do with her status as a slave.