Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero By Douglas Perry New York: Viking Press, 2014 As reviewed by Ted Odenwald The name had died before the man; and yet in a few years after the man’s death, his name was resurrected through a hack biographer, a TV […]
W. Lee Warren, M.D. No Place To Hide: A Brain Surgeon’s Journey Home From The Iraq War. Michigan: Zondervan, 2014 As reviewed by Ted Odenwald I’m not sure if this book is a part of the author’s therapy for PTSD — or if it’s a testimony to the redemptive power […]
William C. Kashatus. Jackie and Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball’s Color Line. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2014. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald The names “Jackie” and “Campy” conjure up for me countless exciting memories of two great ballplayers on my […]
Richard Beeman. Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution. New York: Random House, 2009. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Years after the ratification of our nation’s Constitution, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson would both express their belief that the document “was the instrument that not only held a […]
Thom Hartmann. The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America- And What We Can Do to Stop It. New York: Twelve, 2013. As reviewed by Ted Odenwald Thom Hartmann argues that our nation is nearing the climax of its fourth 80-year economic cycle, each ending in a great crash […]
Robert M. Gates. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. When Robert Gates stepped down as U.S. Secretary of Defense in 2011, he claimed that he was worn out: “…too tired for this stuff.” [Actually, he didn’t say “stuff.”] He had served two consecutive […]
