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An American Family, 1575-1945

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Author: James Edmond Carbine & Marianne Lemly Carbin
Published: 2007

In this family history book, the authors have integrated the lives of their ancestors with contemporary history of the time. The result is a history of the United States of America from its early colonization through the Second World War viewed through the eyes of the Carbine, Lemly, Walker, Porterfield, Stout, Matthews, Robinson and Brigham families.

A Leader by Example, Harry Hoagland and the Dawn of American Venture Capital

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Author: Forewaord by Matthew R. Simmons
Published: 2010

Harry Hoagland was the business mentor to some of America’s leading corporate heads in the 1980s and 1990s. His role in the emergence of the venture capital business model, and his skills as a political advisor and advance man, make his story required reading for present and future generations. Beyond his business and political savvy, his character and integrity make him one of the great role models in America’s corporate history. 

A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

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Author: Stacy Schiff

Published: 2005

Paperback, 484 pages

In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career

"In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling narrative account of how Benjamin Franklin--seventy years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary French--convinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America's experiment in democracy.

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