"Tells the story of the Allen family, a breed of heroes, scoundrels, and plain honest men and women who lived, and helped shape, the life of the New England frontier, and inspired the infant American Republic"--from p. [4] of book jacket.

Recounts U.S. amphibious operations in the central Pacific, on islands like Eniwetok, Kwajalein, and Saipan, and the friction between leaders of the Pacific fleet that further complicated the Allied attack on the Japanese defense perimeter.

What happens to a family after it has acquired great wealth? This fresh new biography of several generations in one such family tree -- the Goulds -- provides fascinating insight and a variety of surprising answers. Jay Gould made it. Gould amassed over $150,000,000 and was said to have become the richest man in America. His story comprises almost a third of the present book. Jay Gould's descendants spent it. Some spent it wisely, some not too well,...

A biography of the versatile 19thcentury physician, poet, scientist, professor, and lecturer who was a pioneer in many fields.