I'm Drawn Particularly To Stories That Evolve

When The Founders Wrote About Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness, They Didn't Mean Longer Vacations And More Comfortable Hammocks. They Meant The Pursuit Of Learning. The Pursuit Of Improvement And Excellence. In Hard Work Is Happiness.

I Could Not Do What I Do Without The Kindness, Consideration, Resourcefulness And Work Of Librarians, Particularly In Public Libraries... What Started Me Writing History Happened Because Of Some Curiosity That I Had About Some Photographs I'd Seen In The Library Of Congress.

A Nation That Forgets Its Past Can Function No Better Than An Individual With Amnesia.

You Can't Be A Full Participant In Our Democracy If You Don't Know Our History.

Housetops Were Covered With 'gazers'; All Wharves That Offered A View Were Jammed With People ... As British Officers Happily Reminded One Another, It Was The Largest Fleet Ever Seen In American Waters. In Fact It Was The Largest Expeditionary Force Of The 18th Century, The Largest, Most Powerful Force Ever Sent Forth By Britain Or Any Other Nation.