Ann Hagedorn, Author . Simon & Schuster $25 (352p) ISBN 978-0-684-87065-6
Although the title suggests otherwise, this book could serve as a biography of John Rankin, one of Ohio's most active "conductors" on the Underground Railroad. Rankin (1793–1886), a Presbyterian minister and abolitionist in Ripley,
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Ann Hagedorn, Author . Simon & Schuster $30 (543p) ISBN 978-0-7432-4371-1
Former Wall Street Journal
staffer Hagedorn (Beyond the River
) makes a stylish entry into the history-of-a-year genre with this account of America in upheaval in the wake of WWI. In 1919, both the world and the U.S. were in need of reconstruction:
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Ann Hagedorn. Simon & Schuster, $28 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4165-9880-0
Journalist Hagedorn (Savage Peace) addresses the emergence of a new breed of soldier: the private military and security contractor. Unlike the historical mercenary, PMSCs offer a “vast range of services, armed and unarmed, from logistics support and
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Ann Hagedorn Auerbach, Author, Ann Hagedorn, Author Henry Holt & Company $25 (352p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4078-4
As the third anniversary of the captivity of Spokane neuropsychologist Donald Hutchings approaches, only one thing is certain: no one, including the FBI, the State Department and Scotland Yard, has any idea how to free him. The plight of Hutchings...
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Ann Hagedorn. Simon & Schuster, $28 (272p) ISBN 978-1-5011-7394-3
Journalist Hagedorn (The Invisible Soldiers) unearths the little-known story of Soviet spy George Koval (1913–2006) in this doggedly researched account. Posthumously awarded Russia’s highest civilian honor, Koval flew so far under the radar that...
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