My first book was the book that changed my life.

I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?