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(0)Douglas Brinkley
Author
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy’s inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns...
3) Cronkite
Author
Publication Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Douglas Brinkley presents the definitive, revealing biography of an American legend: renowned news anchor Walter Cronkite.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xv, 940 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary and timeless biography that looks at the influence the natural world played on Theodore Roosevelt. Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's role in launching modern conservationsim, identifying the contributions of such influences as James Audubon and John Muir while describing how Roosevelt's exposure to natural wonders in his early life shaped his environmental values.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
viii, 744 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : charts, illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Douglas Brinkley's Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision. Now Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the premier protector of America's public lands. FDR built state park systems and scenic roadways...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Publication Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The son of Irish immigrants, McGivney was a man to whom "family values" represented more than mere rhetoric. And he left a legacy of hope still celebrated around the world. In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread. Many Catholics struggled to find work and ended up in infernolike mills, where an injury or death would leave a family penniless. Called to action in 1882 by his sympathy for these suffering people, Father...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Date
c2007
Physical Desc
704 p. : b&w photos ; cm.
Language
English
Description
During his two terms as the fortieth president of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency. Whether he was in his White House residence study or aboard Air Force One, from his first inauguration to the end of the Cold War, each night Reagan wrote about the events of his day....
Author
Publisher
WindRush Pub
Publication Date
c2014
Physical Desc
363 p. : ill. ; cm.
Language
English
Description
"Founded shortly after the dawn of the 20th century, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) championed the forging of a stronger national citizenry by molding the good character of idle Progressive Era youth. But it was not alone as competition loomed from numerous other organizations formed with similar objectives in mind. To escape the pack, BSA officials sought a dramatic national publicity coup. That objective came to fruition in February 1911 when well-heeled...
15) The Nixon tapes
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The famous--and infamous--Nixon White House tapes that reveal for the first time President Richard Nixon uncensored, unfiltered, and in his own words President Nixon's voice-activated taping system captured every word spoken in the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and other key locations in the White House, and at Camp David--3,700 hours of recordings between 1971 and 1973. Yet less than 5 percent of those conversations have ever been transcribed and published....
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
493 pages : illustrtions (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Collects JFK's most important speeches with accompanying commentary from such individuals as Barack Obama, David McCullough, and Norman Mailer in commemoration of the president's 100th birthday.
Publisher
National Geographic
Publication Date
[2026]
Physical Desc
510 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A 250th anniversary celebration of the United States featuring the 1,000 singular moments that shaped the American journey from pre-history to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Publication Date
2005
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The lives and legacies of the 43 leaders of the United States. Based on the book To the Best of My Ability, The Presidents features insight from journalists, scholars, and politicians, as well as rare and unseen photographs and footage.