Deze auteur verwierf vooral bekendheid als biograaf, met een focus op cruciale figuren uit de Amerikaanse geschiedenis en cultuur. Zijn diepe interesse in helden en hun nalatenschap komt naar voren in zijn inzichtelijke portretten. Als algemeen redacteur van Bartlett's Familiar Quotations demonstreerde hij een meesterlijke beheersing van taal en de historische weerklank ervan.
Traces the lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.
Wild child Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again, raising Cain. He won't rest until he has Huck's money. So the enterprising boy fakes his own death and sets out in search of adventure and freedom. Teaming up with Jim, an escaped slave with a price on his head, the two fugitives go on the run, travelling down the wide Mississippi River. But Huck finds himself wrestling with his conscience. Should he save Jim, or turn his friend over to a terrible fate?
In Pocket Aristotle the author, Justin D. Kaplan brings to life selections from Aristotle. Included in this edition are the most widely read, studied, and quoted works of the great philosopher. The editor's notes give the reader a convenient and concise review of each work.