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Earlier this year, "A Life on Fire" was given the E.E. Dale Award from the Oklahoma Historical Society (for an Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History).
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"Goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpe's life, using extensive research, historical nuance, and bittersweet honesty to tell the story of a gifted and complicated man." -- Los Angeles Times
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Our last conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning historian on "The Wright Brothers."
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"An engrossing look at a lesser-known aspect of Benjamin Franklin's legacy.... Enriched by vivid character sketches and lucid explanations of financial and policy matters, this is an entertaining examination of how a wise investment pays off." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Page-turners for the beach, the pool, the lake, the hammock, and/or that cozy sofa near the air-conditioning unit.
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The Woody Guthrie Archive has recently acquired about 500 items once belonging to Oscar Brand, a key figure in American folk music.
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"Race is the central question of American history, and Walter White is the riddle within.... [White led] dangerous investigations for the NAACP throughout the Jim Crow South [and] changed the way Americans viewed the awful practice of lynching.... 'White Lies' finally gives this American hero his due." -- Jeffrey A. Engel, Director of the Center for Presidential History
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"Race is the central question of American history, and Walter White is the riddle within.... [White led] dangerous investigations for the NAACP throughout the Jim Crow South [and] changed the way Americans viewed the awful practice of lynching.... 'White Lies' finally gives this American hero his due." -- Jeffrey A. Engel, Director of the Center for Presidential History
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"Race is the central question of American history, and Walter White is the riddle within.... [White led] dangerous investigations for the NAACP throughout the Jim Crow South [and] changed the way Americans viewed the awful practice of lynching.... 'White Lies' finally gives this American hero his due." -- Jeffrey A. Engel, Director of the Center for Presidential History
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The Oklahoma artist Harold Stevenson (1929-2018) created big paintings and lived an even bigger life in New York, Paris, Key West, and the Hamptons...and became best friends with Andy Warhol along the way.