William K Klingaman

"For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comprised the darkest year of World War Two. Despite government attempts to disguise the magnitude of American losses, it was clear that the nation had suffered a nearly unbroken string of military setbacks in the Pacific; by the autumn of 1942, government officials were openly acknowledging the possibility that the United States might lose the war. Appeals...

"A History of St. Charles, Maryland: Portrait of a New Town" is an account of an often perilous journey in the creation of a town from the ground up, starting with the assemblage of the large tract of land by one colorful Congressman Frank Boykin of Alabama, who offered the parcel as a contender for the site of Dulles International Airport, through exploitation by several tenant farmers, loggers and would-be developers, ultimately into the hands of...