Erik Larson. In the Garden of Beasts. New York: Crown Publishing Company, 2011. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald FDR’s choice of William E. Dodd as ambassador to Germany in 1933 was odd at best. Dodd simply did not fit the “mold” required for the august position: he was not rich; […]
Sheriff’s Office Partners With Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon Youth Leadership Academy Cadets Hold Collection Drive for Troops in Afghanistan HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and PBA Local 134 is pleased to announce a partnership with Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon, Inc., a local nonprofit organization that sends care packages to U.S. troops […]
John A. Farrell. Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned. New York: Doubleday, 2011. as reviewed by Ted Odenwald Clarence Darrow is often regarded as a folk hero, as evidenced by two American classics: Irving Stone’s biographical novel, Clarence Darrow for the Defense and Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s depiction […]
Jeff Shaara. The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific. New York: Ballantine Books, 2011. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Okinawa was the last stepping stone for American forces as they anticipated invading Japan and eventually ending World War II. But the stepping stone became a major […]
Ron Chernow. Washington: A Life. New York: Penguin Press, 2010. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald The fresco in the eye of the U.S. Capitol rotunda depicts the “apotheosis of Washington,” the ascension into the heavens of the “Father of our country.” For two centuries Americans have idolized, lionized, mythicized, and […]
Jeff Shaara. Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America‘s Hallowed Ground. New York: Ballantine Books, 2006. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Jeff Shaara has written two fine Civil War novels, Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which, joined with his father’s Killer Angels, comprise a powerful and moving […]
