Tells the little known story of the contribution of Texas A&M University to early aviation in World War I. Through painstaking research - using unit records, after-action reviews, alumni newsletters, and countless other university documents - John Adams Jr. paints a portrait of the Aggie aviator in the Great War.
Tells the little known story of the contribution of Texas A&M University to early aviation in World War I. Through painstaking research - using unit r...
For the first time tells the story of the man behind the family that would become nothing short of a conservative institution, reaching its apogee in the career of William F. Buckley Jr, arguably the most prominent conservative commentator of the twentieth century.
For the first time tells the story of the man behind the family that would become nothing short of a conservative institution, reaching its apogee in ...
In 1909, young William F. Buckley Sr. (1881–1958), who grew up in the dusty South Texas town of San Diego, graduated from the University of Texas law school and headed for Mexico City. Fluent in Spanish, familiar with Mexican traditions, and soon fit to practice law south of the border, Buckley was headed up the aisle to vast wealth and cultural power. On the way, he took a front-row seat at the Mexican Revolution and played a key role in steering the nascent oil industry through tumultuous and dangerous times. This book for the first time tells the story of the man behind the family that...
In 1909, young William F. Buckley Sr. (1881–1958), who grew up in the dusty South Texas town of San Diego, graduated from the University of Texas la...
