This merchant marine policy history is American history with both the well-known, like James Madison, and the obscure, like Senator Wesley Livsey Jones, playing their parts. And it is relevant history because the U.S. merchant marine has always been an essential component of U.S. national defense and the economic conditions that made sustaining a U.S. merchant marine on the high seas difficult are the same today as they were in 1920.
PROFILES IN CHARACTER: These thirteen men and three women made or changed history. While they are widely revered and respected, none had a perfect life path, but each had strong character. They likely had outside influences that shaped them. Still, each could summon and rely on one unique character trait that guided them to make decisions and take actions that ultimately defined them and their legacies.
PROFILES IN CHARACTER – Our next nonfiction title (coffee-table-style 8.5×11) coming Autumn 2023. This book focuses on one dominant character trait that drove the success of these sixteen historic American figures and one unique attribute that influenced them above all others. These sixteen were famous for their decisions, accomplishments, or leadership. But that is not why they are included in this book.
Publishing Autumn 2020 Daryl Cumber Dance, legendary teacher, celebrated genealogist, applauded literary scholar, and famed folklorist (often dubbed “The Dean…
Born in 1959, and growing up with a love of reading and history, I watched epic movies. Historical sagas like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, The Ten Commandments, The Robe, Quo Vadis, Julius Caesar, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Cleopatra, and others. The mellifluous eloquence of actors like Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Charles Laughton, Stephen Boyd (who was Irish), Peter Ustinov came to me as Roman voices.
‘What Now, Lieutenant?’ has been chosen by the Commandant of the US Marine Corps to add to his recommended Professional…
“Whether or not you are interested in our military, U.S. history or just plain life lessons, this factual, detailed and…
