A. J. Baime, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $26 (304p) ISBN 978-0-618-82219-5
In the 1950s and ’60s, the 24 hours of Le Mans in France were not just a race but, according to Playboy
editor Baime, “the most magnificent marketing tool the sports car industry had ever known.” It was also incredibly dangerous,...
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A. J. Baime, Author New American Library $11.95 (161p) ISBN 978-0-451-20980-1
Liquor brims with history, and Baime pours it neatly into this fittingly flask-sized handbook for barflies. Written in the irreverent tone of Maxim magazine, in which the former senior editor published early musings on the topic, this raucous manual
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A.J. Baime. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27 (368p) ISBN 978-0-547-71928-3
This accessible, surprising history is a welcome addition to the inexhaustible list of WWII studies, as Baime (Go Like Hell) claims that perhaps the most important battle was fought far from the battlefield—in the monolithic warehouses of Ford Motor
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A.J. Baime. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30 (448p) ISBN 978-0-544-61734-6
Journalist and editor Baime (The Arsenal of Democracy) carves out a slice of the Truman presidency and serves up an attractive tale for fans of both presidential and WWII history. He opens with an acknowledgement of Truman’s divisive legacy, then...
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A.J. Baime. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30 (432p) ISBN 978-1-328-58506-6
Journalist Baime, who chronicled Harry Truman’s first four months as chief executive following FDR’s death in The Accidental President (2017), delivers a spirited rundown of Truman’s come-from-behind 1948 victory over Republican challenger Thomas...
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A.J. Baime. Mariner, $30 (400p) ISBN 978-0-358-44775-7
Historian Baime (Dewey Defeats Truman) delivers a captivating portrait of civil rights activist and novelist Walter White (1893–1955) and the fight to end anti-Black violence and racial discrimination in the U.S. Born into a family of “light-skinned
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