Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American original---a luminous literary theorist, an erratic genius, and an analyst par excellence of human obsession and compulsion. The scope of his literary achievements ...
Without signing the documents that would permit adoption, young Theresa Cameron's mother placed her little daughter under the aegis of Catholic Charities, and then the mother vanished forever.
During ...
What was the experience of war for a child in bombed and ravaged Germany? In this memoir, the voice of innocence is heard.
“This is great stuff,” exclaims Stephen E. Ambrose. “I love this book. ...