historians

Chronicles the life of Mississippi-born novelist and Civil War historian Shelby Foote.

Presents twenty-two conversations with Huston Smith, an American religious scholar from more than thirty years of interviews, in which he describes his first meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and discusses religious violence, his grief over the loss of his eldest daughter to cancer, and other topics.

Stephen Ambrose reflects on his long career as a historian and shares stories of some of his most admired, and a few of his least favorite, Americans from throughout history.

The historian shares the story of his childhood and youth during which he experienced World War II in a German household opposed to the Nazis and was forced to come to terms with his father's strong political convictions.

Memoir of nineteenth-century historian and philosopher Henry Adams in which he discusses the forces that influenced his life including, politics, religion, society, and literature.

The author explores her childhood in Rockville Centre, Long Island and how baseball, especially the play of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was important in her relationships with family, friends, and neighbors.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide career biographies of forty-seven American historianswhose first works were published between the end of the Civil War and 1912; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide career biographies of forty-six American writers of history active between 1607 and 1865; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.