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Masters of EnterpriseFrom the early years of fur trading to today's Silicon Valley empires, America has proved to be an extraordinarily fertile land for the creation of...Read More
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Daily Beast, May 11, 2012
...of modern China in one volume. For more, read our other Book Bags from preeminent writers: Jennifer Egan H.W. Brands Hilary Mantel Michael Lewis Barack Obama...
Blogcritics.org, April 29, 2012
...times you're surprised at the thoughts a book prompts. Take the new biography of Aaron Burr by H.W. Brands. I couldn't help but think about how technology may impact authors and readers of history and biographies. You see, one of the primary sources for...
Denver Post, April 29, 2012
...been said about the Elizabethan era in England? The inimitable Wilson knows. The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr, by H.W. Brands. Is there more to Aaron Burr's story than his duel with Alexander Hamilton? Yes, there is. Engines of Change, by Paul Ingrassia....
Austin American Statesman, April 14, 2012
...OLLI friends to wait out the traffic," Penny Burt said. Notables on the UT faculty include historian H.W. Brands and author Stephen Harrigan. "So many of the professors say it's so wonderful because nobody is asleep," said Myra Hargrave McIlvain, who's...
Journal Gazette and Times Courier, March 31, 2012
...Historian H. W. Brands and Eastern Illinois University president William Perry pictured Thursday afternoon (March 29, 2012) at Old Main in Charleston. (Photo by Ken Trevarthan/Journal Gazette & Times-Courier). CHARLESTON — H...
News Gazette, March 28, 2012
...CHARLESTON — Historian H.W. Brands will discuss "The Past, Present and Future of the Dollar" at Eastern Illinois University on Thursday evening. Brands, who has written more than 25 books on U.S...
Journal Gazette and Times Courier, March 26, 2012
...March 29 as part of the Eighth Annual Barry D. Riccio Lecture. The program will be presented by H.W. Brands at 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of Eastern Illinois University’s Doudna Fine Arts Center. As of one of the most recognized and read historians...
Green Valley News and Sun, February 26, 2012
...with Newt and Callista are best-selling author Walter Isaacson, former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, authors and historians H.W. Brands and Douglas Brinkley, former Ambassador Michael Novak and WallBuilders President David Barton. (The books and DVDs...
Right Wing News, February 21, 2012
...with Newt and Callista are best-selling author Walter Isaacson, former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, authors and historians H.W. Brands and Douglas Brinkley, former Ambassador Michael Novak and WallBuilders President David Barton. (The books and DVDs...
Creators.com, February 21, 2012
...with Newt and Callista are best-selling author Walter Isaacson, former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, authors and historians H.W. Brands and Douglas Brinkley, former Ambassador Michael Novak and WallBuilders President David Barton. (The books and DVDs...
Lowell Sun, February 19, 2012
...speeches.--D.P. "Traitor To His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt" By H.W. Brands (2008, Doubleday) He emerged from his privileged upbringing with a concern for the common man, a quarter of who were unemployed...
Suite101.com, February 11, 2012
...from a thoroughbred mare." Nothing upset Jackson more than the mismanagement of his horses, according to historian H.W. Brands. In the spring of 1832, he discovered that his overseer was running his horses too hard too soon. "I was truly mortified," he...
Daily Texan, February 2, 2012
...and will read at the next Poetry on the Plaza, which will take place Feb. 22. History professor H.W. Brands spoke last, reciting “The Wreck of Hesperus” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and ending with “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes. The theme of...
