Pre-reading, my knowledge of Ulysses S. Grant was largely limited to his Civil War career. Post-reading, I can now drone on about his presidency, death from a baseball-sized throat tumor, and childhood spent riding horses while getting whacked about the head by a circus monkey. Get ready school groups!
Read MoreOriginally published in 2002, I picked up Frady’s book about a year ago during a visit to the Howard University bookstore, in the hopes of deepening my knowledge and appreciation of King the man. It did.
Read MoreI’ve embarked on a new e-book project inspired by my ongoing work at the Jefferson Hotel. Thomas Jefferson: Defining America, will be a short biography of T-Jeff (new nickname I just came up with) and it should be out sometime towards the end of winter, 2015.
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