Falls Village Historical Society, May 17
April 12, 2012: Readings and Lectures about American Inconoclast
The Warbabies’ Adult Rite of Passage
Here’s an op-ed of mine from The Lakeville Journal. It was inspired by my, gulp, 50th reunion from high school, and many people have said that it touched a nerve …. THE WARBABIES’ ADULT RITE OF PASSAGE My high school class’s fiftieth reunion was this weekend. An older male friend laughed when I told him […]
Absolute Zero
ABSOLUTE ZERO AND THE CONQUEST OF COLD. Available in paperback, and also as an e-book. In a sweeping yet marvelously concise science adventure story, rich with historical characters, including Galileo, Newton, and Einstein, ABSOLUTE ZERO AND THE CONQUEST OF COLD takes the reader on a journey in which the extraordinary secrets of cold are teased […]
Edith and Woodrow
EDITH AND WOODROW: A PRESIDENTIAL ROMANCE Less than a year after President Woodrow Wilson’s first wife had died, he met Edith Bolling Galt, widowed, lovely, adventurous, independent in spite of a genteel Southern upbringing, and the proprietress of Washington’s best jewelry store. She instantly captivated the president, and with an instinctive grasp of politics became […]
Terrors and Marvels
TERRORS AND MARVELS: How Science and Technology Changed the Character and Outcome of World War II. In papeback as LABORATORY WARRIORS. “There was more to WWII science than the atomic bomb, demonstrates Shachtman (Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold) in his fascinating history of the use of intelligent machines in the conflict. He traces […]