Nancy O Caldwell

Word people

This fascinating books is all about eponyms. These are people whose names became associated with famous objects or events. Quisling, bobby, crapper (yes, crapper!). These were first men or women, and what they did or made or discovered earned them a place in this absolutely fascinating book. Lavishl...

The Women Who Wrote the War

They came from Boston, New York, Milwaukee, and St. Louis; from San Francisco and points east. They left comfortable homes and safe sourroundings for combat-zone duty. They were women war correspondants, bringing to the battlefields of World War II a fresh perspective, reporting what they witnessed ...

The Women Who Wrote the War: The Compelling Story of the Path-breaking Women War Correspondents of World War II

Here’s how a hundred brave American women left their families and entered the combat-zone to chronicle what they saw. Nancy Sorel’s portrait pays homage to these unsung heroes. They came from Boston, New York, Milwaukee, and St. Louis; from Yakima, Washington; Austin, Texas; and Sioux City, Iowa; fr...

First Encounters: A Book of Memorable Meetings

Fresh from a 12-year engagement in the pages of The Atlantic--65 wonderfully witty "first encounters" of the great and near great, the famous and infamous, throughout history. Brilliantly conceived and beautifully executed--with superb full-color drawings. A book to give as a gift and to enjoy and t...

Reporting World War II: American Journalism 1938-1946

In a time when public perceptions were shaped by the written and spoken word, war correspondents were often as influential as politicians and as celebrated as movie stars. Here, for the first time in paperback, the work of more than 50 remarkable reporters has been drawn from original newspaper and ...

Reporting World War II, Part 1: American Journalism, 1938-1944 (Library of America)

This unique 50th anniversary collection recaptures the century's greatest cataclysm and the brilliant generation of American journalists who reported it--nearly 90 writers, the best of a remarkable generation whose talent, sense of purpose, and physical courage remain unsurpassed in the annals of wa...

Reporting World War II Part Two: American Journalism 1944-46

Featuring detailed coverage of the events taking place in Europe and the Pacific, as well as those on the homefront, Part Two of this reference features writings by Howard K. Smith, William L. Shirer, Margaret Bourke-White, Edward R. Murrow, and others. Bill Maudlin's Up Front and Hiroshima by John ...

Ever Since Eve: Personal Reflections on Childbirth

A History of Brooke County