Phineas Taylor (PT) Barnum was not only a show business producer and early mass marketeer but also a politician. He was elected to two terms in the Connecticut state legislature (1865 and 1866) representing the town of Fairfield as a … [Read more...]
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman NY: The Library of America, 1990 ISBN 0-940450-65-8 Sherman went to West Point in 1836 and graduated in 1840, 4th in his class academically. He served in Florida, South … [Read more...]