History & Military History
assassination to be an amateur and idealistic affair. The real killing, according to
historian Strauss, was a carefully planned
paramilitary operation, a generals’ plot,
put together by Caesar’s disaffected officers
and designed with precision.
The Oregon Trail: An American Journey by Rinker Buck (June 2, hardcover,
$30, ISBN 978-1-4516-5916-0) presents
the author’s account of traveling the 2,000-
mile length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way—in a covered wagon with a
team of mules—while also telling the rich
history of the trail, the people who made the
migration, and its significance to the country.
The Wright Brothers by David
McCullough (May 5, hardcover, $30, ISBN
978-1-4767-2874-2). A two-time winner
of the Pulitzer Prize tells the surprising
American story of Wilbur and Orville
Wright, who taught the world how to fly.
Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit
on success, they were men of exceptional
determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity,
much of which they attributed to their
upbringing.
ST. MARTIN’S/DUNNE
The Politics of Deception: J.F.K.’s
Secret Decisions on Vietnam, Civil
Rights, and Cuba by Patrick J. Sloyan
(Feb. 10, hardcover, $26.99, ISBN 978-1-
250-03059-7). Pulitzer Prize-winner
Sloyan draws from classified White House
tapes to present a compelling narrative of
John F. Kennedy and the fateful decisions
near the end of his presidency.
UNIV. OF CHICAGO
Who Freed the Slaves? The Fight over
the Thirteenth Amendment by Leonard
L. Richards (Mar. 23, hardcover, $30, ISBN
978-0-226-17820-2). In the popular imagination, slavery in the United States ended
with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation
Proclamation. Richards aims to correct the
Lincoln-centric narrative of emancipation,
putting the work of Congress and one forgotten Ohio congressman, James Ashley, at
the heart of the matter.
VIKING
American Reckoning: The Vietnam
War and Our National Identity by
Christian G. Appy (Feb. 5, hardcover,
$28.95, ISBN 978-0-670-02539-8). The
author of Patriots offers profound insights
into Vietnam’s place in America’s self-image, examining the relationship between
the war’s realities and myths, and its impact
on our national identity, conscience, pride,
shame, popular culture, and postwar foreign policy.
The Great Leader and the Fighter
Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who
Created North Korea and The Young
Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Free-
dom by Blaine Harden (Mar. 17, hard-
cover, $27.95, ISBN 978-0-670-01657-0).
The author of Escape from Camp 14 chroni-
cles the murderous rise of North Korea’s
founding dictator and the fighter pilot who
faked him out—the story of how Kim Il
Sung grabbed power and plunged his coun-
try into war against the United States while
the youngest fighter pilot in his air force
was playing a high-risk game of deception
and escape.
WORKMAN
Party Like a President: True Tales of
Inebriation, Lechery, and Mischief
from the Oval Office by Brian Abrams,
illus. by John Mathias (Feb. 10, paper,
$14.95, ISBN 978-0-7611-8084-5). A
brash, hilarious, illustrated history of the
drinking and social lives of our 44 United
States presidents. 25,000-copy announced
first printing.
YALE UNIV.
Mourning Lincoln by Martha Hodes
(Feb. 24, hardcover, $30, ISBN 978-0-
300-19580-4). How did individual Americans respond to the shock of President
Lincoln’s assassination? Diaries, letters,
and intimate writings reveal a complicated,
untold story.
“Jody Gentian Bower’s beautifully
written treatise on ‘the wandering
heroine’ is impeccably voiced.
Her understanding of how female
archetypes change cultural patterns
over time is filled with historical
references and her skill as an author
makes this a pleasurable read.”
—Pamela Moore Dionne, author of
the Blue Truth mystery series
“Provocative, informative, and highly
entertaining. A valuable resource
for novelists creating strong and
believable female characters.”
—Lillian Stewart Carl, author of
the Jean Fairbairn mysteries
“Finally! We who have been seeking
the feminine counterpart to the
masculine hero story have reason to
rejoice.”
—Jean Benedict Raffa, author,
The Bridge to Wholeness
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