Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing Company
Written By: Elizabeth Shown Mills

Johnny Gunther was 17 when he died of a brain tumor. This deeply moving book is a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy in his fight to overcome a dreadful disease that doctors had then only begun to understand. "A story of great unselfishness and great heroism."--The New York Times.

Manufacturer: Modern Library
Written By: John Gunther

Evidence Explained is the definitive guide to the citation and analysis of historical sources. It begins with a simple question: Why do we invest so much of our energy into the citation of sources? Followed by the intriguing answer: Because all sources are not created equal. As a citation guide, Evidence Explained is built on this simple question and answer. According to the author, ...

Manufacturer: Genealogical Pub Co
Written By: Elizabeth Shown Mills

Finally--the only guidebook devoted exclusively to research in America's courthouses. Full of essentials starting with preparation, interacting with the clerks, using the indexes, and what to expect to find in each courthoiuse office. But it doesn't stop there. Evaluating the records and using them to solve genealogical problems are included. For those who can't travel to the courthouse ...

Manufacturer: CR Publications
Written By: Christine Rose

A keepsake fill-in book contains more than two hundred prompts divided into three life phases--Early, Middle, and Later Years--and separates each phase into five subject categories--Family, Friends, Education, Work/Responsibilities, and The World.

Manufacturer: Hyperion
Written By: Carl Marshall, David Marshall

In its drama and scope, Doris Kearns Goodwin's The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys is one of the richest works of biography in the last decade. From the wintry day in 1863 when John Francis Fitzgerald was baptized, through the memorable moment ninety-eight years later when his grandson and namesake John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States, the author ...

Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Written By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Rome’s famed historian illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157 to 43 BC in succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesmen of the classical period.

Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Written By: Plutarch

Design your own personal coat of arms. Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions make it easy even for beginners to fashion emblems that reflect family origins, traits, and accomplishments. Decorate plates, mugs, and stationery or create wallhangings, sew-on patches, T-shirt decals, pin-on badges, and much more.

Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Written By: Rosemary A. Chorzempa

A rigorously researched, wickedly witty, and eminently useful collection of over 5,000 Briticisms (and Americanisms).

Written By: Norman W. Schur, Eugene H. Ehrlich

Series Editor: Donald A. Ritchie, Associate Historian, U.S. Senate The spoken word is an invaluable asset which strengthens human experience of the past and adds vigor to the documentation of historical accounts. This series presents major events in American history through the rich personal testimonies of those who were there. Each volume includes: A preface illuminating ...

Manufacturer: Twayne Publishers
Written By: Ritchie