The April 1945 journey of FDR's funeral train became a thousand-mile odyssey, fraught with heartbreak and scandal.

And he shows how this upbeat, can-do mood spurred grander and grander expectations as the era progressed.

Is the CIA's paramilitary army America's weaponized strength, or a liability to its principled standing in the world? Every operation reported in this book, however unsettling, is legal.

A groundbreaking collective biography narrating the history of emancipation through the life stories of women of African descent in the Americas.

Since the publication of the 2nd edition, there have been substantial developments in the field of litter decomposition.

... 1928 , aged 47 years , the result of internal injuries received when run down by an auto- mobile , killing him instantly . The late Brother Walker leaves a widow and two children in Scotland to mourn his untimely death ... Gillon , William ...

Biography of Col. James Williams, 1740-1780, the highest ranking officer who died from wounds suffered at the Battle of Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) during the American Revolutionary War.