For decades, The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore White was considered the definitive book on presidential elections, offering a detailed account of the Kennedy-Nixon race. While White’s work remains a classic, Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark … Continue reading
The Man by Irving Wallace: A Visionary Novel of Its Time The first “adult book” I ever read was The Man by Irving Wallace. It’s a sprawling 788-page novel, written in 1964, about the first African-American President of the United States. … Continue reading
Will Rogers: America’s Cowboy Philosopher Will Rogers is one of the most popular Americans to have ever lived! he famously said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.” And the reverse was true – no one ever seemed to … Continue reading
The First Best-Selling Cookbook: “The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy” by Hannah Glasse One of my favorite topics to present is the inimitable Julia Child. (Click here to read about her role in the OSS, the predecessor to … Continue reading
Will Rogers: America’s Cowboy Philosopher Will Rogers is one of the most popular Americans to have ever lived! he famously said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.” And the reverse was true – no one ever seemed to … Continue reading