Allan Nevins (1890-1971) began life as a journalist but ended it with a reputation as one of the best popular American historians of the day. Although he wrote a number of books on a variety of topics, he is most famous for his eight-volume study of...

Joseph Allan Nevins was one of the most versatile, probably the greatest, and certainly the most prolific of twentieth-century American historians. In a long career as journalist, teacher, speaker, and writer, Nevins authored over a score of...

IMMERSED IN GREAT AFFAIRS: ALLAN NEVINS AND THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. By Gerald L. Fetner. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.243 pp. Hardbound, $57.50: Softbound, $18.95. Allan Nevins is rightfully credited with starting the first oral history program...

Donald, whose book 'Lincoln' won the 1996 Lincoln Prize for the best Civil War book, was influenced by Randall, Sandburg and Nevins. His first impressions of the historians were not favorable, but he eventually began to admire their analytical and interpretive skills. Every...

To Harvey Firestone, excuses were a signal that the thinking process had come to a screeching stop.Firestone (1868-1938) wasn't unreasonable. He was a practical businessman who insisted on the highest quality for the tires he manufactured. Firestone placed the responsibility for his company's fortunes on...