His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt – Joseph Lelyveld
I really enjoyed this book. It covers familiar ground with FDR's last year, but the emphasis here is on remembering...
1/72 PzKpfw III Ausf. L.
This is my first tank build since high school - appropriate since attending TankFest last summer. It's a early 1943...
Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
This build is the Airfix kit representing 1st Lt. Kenneth W. Sprankle's P-40B, registration 41-13297, assigned to the 6th Pursuit...
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power – Robert Caro
This is most effective work of nonfiction I have ever read. I have been reading about LBJ and JFK my...
If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History – Jeff Greenfield
This was a terrific little book. Written by an well-known ABC commentator who worked for RFK, it posits an alternative...
1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4
I enjoyed my recent build of an Airfix Gustav 109, so when I saw this Emil the other day with...
1/72 Messerschmitt Bf109G-6
This little Airfix kit was a Christmas present, and the camouflage intrigued me enough to finish it, even though the...
MARY NELL – Uncle Harold’s Checkertail P-51 D Mustang
When I was growing up, my Uncle Harold Taylor was a really big deal to the younger cousins. Not just...
Roosevelt’s Navy: The Education of a Warrior President, 1882-1920 – James Tertis de Kay
This was a magnificent little book. It focuses on Roosevelt's tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913 to...
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War – Paul Kennedy
This was my second read of this interesting little book. Kennedy studies five problems that the Allies faced in World...