August 17, 2006
Shiver Me Timbers!
Just in time for Pirates of the Caribbean: the author, drawing from a wealth of sources, including a wide range of historic documents, vividly conveys the life and times of the 18th century’s scourge of the sea.
Blackbeard: America’s Most Notorious Pirate by Angus Konstam (Wiley, $24.95)
Presidential Confidential
The father of our country as we never knew him! The author, a veteran journalist and foreign correspondent, conveys and nuanced and intimate portrait of the man behind the public figure. Transcending the image of Washington as a general beloved by his men and statesman revered by all, Harlow Unger introduces us to the charismatic “husband, father and friend” who “loved women, children, flowers, plants, dogs, horses, and fine wines,” and who “slept on forest floors as soundly as in mansion beds.”
The Unexpected George Washington by Harlow Giles Unger (Wiley, $27.95)
