Tag Archives: United States/20th Century
Eight Days at Yalta
by Diana PrestonMeticulously researched and vividly written, published on the 75th anniversary of the historic Yalta conference, Eight Days at Yalta is the definitive new history…
The Black Cabinet
by Jill WattsA magnificently researched, dramatically told work of narrative nonfiction about the history, evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s…
Tough Luck
by R. D. RosenA remarkable tale of a golden son and his disgraced father, layered over the unforgettable era of Brooklyn mobsters and the rise of the…
The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941
by Paul DicksonThe dramatic, untold story of how the American Army was mobilized from scattered outposts two years before Pearl Harbor into the disciplined and mobile…
Triangle
by David Von Drehle“[An] outstanding history. . . . [Von Drehle] has written what is sure to become the definitive account of the fire. . . ….
Topsy
by Michael Daly“Michael Daly vividly revives a rollicking pachydermal tale that riveted New Yorkers a century ago.” —New York Times
The Queen of the Ring
by Jeff Leen“In a class by itself. A serious history of one of this country’s goofiest pastimes. . .one senses that [Leen has] left no stone…
Playing Through the Whistle
by S. L. PriceFrom a Sports Illustrated senior writer, a moving epic of football and industrial America, telling the story of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, its now-shuttered steel mill,…
Nineteen Sixty-Eight in America
by Charles Kaiser“A splendidly evocative account of a historic year—a year of tumult, of trauma, and of tragedy.”—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
The Great Hurricane: 1938
by Cherie Burns“Very good . . . sure to help keep the terrible storm in its proper place in New England’s memory, as well as being…
