Ray E Boomhower: 4 books
Dispatches from the Pacific
The World War II Reporting of Robert L. Sherrod
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa Atoll with the US Marine Corps. Living shoulder to shoulder...
Indiana Originals
Hoosier Heroes & Heroines
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Hoosier history overflows with bold visionaries, noble heroes and lovable rogues. May Wright Sewall struggled to uplift womankind and unflinchingly called for peace in a world sleepwalking toward conflict. In the guise of Abe Martin, Kin Hubbard graced the Indianapolis News's back page for twenty-six...
Robert F. Kennedy
And the 1968 Indiana Primary
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2008
This account of a dramatic moment, and a classic speech, is “a must-read for anyone interested in presidential politics” (Indiana Magazine of History).
On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arrived in Indiana to campaign for the state’s Democratic presidential primary....
John Bartlow Martin
A Voice for the Underdog
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
During the 1940s and 1950s, one name, John Bartlow Martin, dominated the pages of the "big slicks," the Saturday Evening Post, LIFE, Harper’s, Look, and Collier’s. A former reporter for the Indianapolis Times, Martin was one of a handful of freelance writers able to survive solely on this writing....