Ed Cray, Author . Norton $28.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-393-04759-2
The biographer of Gen. George C. Marshall (General of the Army
) turns his prodigious skills to view another complex American hero with an equally complex story—folk singer and political activist Woody Guthrie. Cray's access to thousands...
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Ed Cray, Author Simon & Schuster $30 (608p) ISBN 978-0-684-80852-9
Midway through his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower fumed that his appointment of Earl Warren ""was the biggest damn fool thing I ever did."" He was exasperated, he complained to Warren himself, about ""those Communist cases."" When Warren asked...
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Ed Cray, Author W. W. Norton & Company $35 (847p) ISBN 978-0-393-02775-4
This is the first one-volume portrait of Marshall (1880-1959), FDR's wartime chief of staff, who raised an army of nearly seven million, was the principal architect of Allied victory, and did much to shape the postwar world as secretary of state and
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Ed Cray, Author Simon & Schuster $14.95 (847p) ISBN 978-0-671-74124-2
Marshall raised an army of nearly seven million as FDR's wartime chief of staff, shaped the postwar world as secretary of state and secretary of defense under Truman, and served selflessly with eight other presidents. ``In this well-balanced...
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