4 big stars! An outstanding history of outlaws, bank robbers, and killers. How the ‘old west’ ended with a bang; the notorious Dalton gang brought the era to a close with violence and mayhem. ClavinContinue Reading
Solid 4 stars. I am absolutely stunned by this book. We all know about President Garfield, he was elected, he was shot, Alexander Graham Bell turns up, Garfield dies. But, there is much, much moreContinue Reading
4 BIG FAT STARS! This book is so good-the rarely told tale of the ‘Truman Committee’. Exhaustively researched and well written. The details and extra little bits of not just the facts, but of theContinue Reading
3 stars. Well written and researched retelling of Edith Wilson as the shadow President when Woodrow Wilson was ill. It was a good book and Roberts is a fantastic writer. The failing for me wasContinue Reading
4 big fat stars! Marvelous, detailed, engrossing. Sally Bedell Smith does it again with a very readable and approachable look at “The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy”. George VI and Elizabeth are revealed to beContinue Reading